Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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

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

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

Vices of the time; vices of the man.
[Lat., Vitia temporis; vitia hominis.]

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

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.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

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.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The willing contemplation of vice is vice.

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."