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.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we read more

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said,
That of our vices we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of shame.

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.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around read more

Nurse one vice in your bosom. Give it the attention it deserves and let your virtues spring p modestly around it. Then you'll have the miser who's no liar; and the drunkard who's the benefactor of the whole city.