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Vices are often habits rather than passions.
Vices are often habits rather than passions.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
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.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.
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.
