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.

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.

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.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

If you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.