Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.

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.

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.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

He hadn't a single redeeming vice.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

The heart resolves this matter in a trice,
"Men only feel the smart, but not the vice."

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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?