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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
There will be vice as long as there are men.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more
Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.
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.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
