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Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
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.
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
He possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence; courage without ferocity; and all the virtues of man without his vices
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
