A vice is a failure of desire.

A vice is a failure of desire.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask