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.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

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.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

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 itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

Vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.

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?

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask

Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask