Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

Vice gets more in this vicious world
Than piety.

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.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

There will be vice as long as there are men.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

What maintains one vice would bring up two children.

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.

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.]

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.

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 may be learnt, even without a teacher.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.