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A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
If individuals have no vices, their virtues may be of use to us.
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more
Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
Many without punishment, none without sin.
