Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.

Virtue is not malicious; wrong done her
Is righted even when men grant they err.

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

Curse on his virtues! they've undone his country.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.