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I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.
I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards read more
Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.
Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.
Vice is such a hideous creature, that the more you see of it the better you like it.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
Every vice has its excuse ready.
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
To a philosophic eye, the vices of the clergy are far less dangerous than their virtues.
His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.
His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.
