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He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
He hadn't a single redeeming vice.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
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.
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
I prefer an interesting vice to a virtue that bores
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De read more
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]
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.
