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.

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

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

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.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more

We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.