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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.
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.
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.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
Ill habits gather by unseen degrees,As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.
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.
