Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.

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

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

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.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated need but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.

Vice is its own reward

Vice is its own reward

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

One big vice in a man is apt to keep out a great many smaller ones.

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

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

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Many without punishment, none without sin.

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice