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Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask
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.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
The willing contemplation of vice is vice.
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.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
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."
