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And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne read more
Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to
the rank of the offender.
[Lat., Omne animi vitium tanto conspectius in se
Crimen habet, quanto major qui peccat habetur.]
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single read more
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we despise all
those who have not a single virtue.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum read more
Those vices [luxury and neglect of decent manners] are vices of
men, not of the times.
[Lat., Hominum sunt ista [vitia], non temporum.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
A vice is a failure of desire.
A vice is a failure of desire.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
