Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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

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