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To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
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.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
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!
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
