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A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares,
She blunder'd on some virtue unawares.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast;
But shall the dignity of vice be lost?
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.
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.
