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The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
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.
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!
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.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
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.
