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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
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 itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
This is the essential evil of vice, that it debases man.
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.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.
