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Vice Quotes

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little farther, and try to plant in a virtue in its place, otherwise he will have his labor to renew Picture Quote #1

Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender Picture Quote #1

Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will Picture Quote #1

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice you feel in yourself Picture Quote #1

Virtue may be said to steal, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy; it clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite away. Nothing can destroy the human heart Picture Quote #1

If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave Picture Quote #1

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Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated need but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace Picture Quote #1

Old age has deformities enough of its own; do not add to it the deformity of vice Picture Quote #1

Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you Picture Quote #1

Be simple and modest in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice Picture Quote #1

At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice Picture Quote #1

People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It is the nature of vice to leave us no resource but in itself Picture Quote #1

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Long careers of vice, that prosper even in their epitaphs, make cemeteries seem ridiculous, and death anything but a leveller Picture Quote #1

There will he nothing more that posterity can add to our immoral habits; our descendants must have the same desires and act the same follies as their sires. Every vice has reached its zenith Picture Quote #1

Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice, who ventures life and soul upon the dice Picture Quote #1

Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice Picture Quote #1

When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, I think the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like Picture Quote #1

Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance Picture Quote #1

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There is no vice or folly that requires so much nicety and skill to manage as vanity; nor any which by ill management makes so contemptible a figure Picture Quote #1

Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness Picture Quote #1

Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence Picture Quote #1

Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food Picture Quote #1

There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice Picture Quote #1

I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, and virtue has no tongue to check her pride Picture Quote #1

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It will be found a work of no small difficulty to dispossess a vice from the heart, where long possession begins to plead prescription Picture Quote #1

Most men call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice. There is no vice except drunkenness which can so utterly destroy the peace, the happiness of a hoe Picture Quote #1

There is some virtue in almost every vice, except hypocrisy; and even that, while it is a mockery of virtue, is at the same time a compliment to it Picture Quote #1

Every breach of veracity indicates some latent vice or some criminal intention, which the individual is ashamed to avow Picture Quote #1

Where vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station Picture Quote #1

Do not forget that others won’t see the problems the way you look at or vice versa Picture Quote #1

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He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little farther, and try to plant in a virtue in its place, otherwise he will have his labor to renew (Vice Quotes) Every vice makes its guilt the more conspicuous in proportion to the rank of the offender (Vice Quotes) Freedom and slavery, the one is the name of virtue, and the other of vice, and both are acts of the will (Vice Quotes) To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice you feel in yourself (Vice Quotes) Virtue may be said to steal, like a guilty thing, into the secret haunts of vice and infamy; it clings to their devoted victim, and will not be driven quite away. Nothing can destroy the human heart (Vice Quotes) If thou dost still retain the same ill habits, the same follies, too, still thou art bound to vice, and still a slave (Vice Quotes) Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, as to be hated need but to be seen; yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, we first endure, then pity, then embrace (Vice Quotes) Old age has deformities enough of its own; do not add to it the deformity of vice (Vice Quotes) Beware of the beginnings of vice. Do not delude yourself with the belief that it can be argued against in the presence of the exciting cause. Nothing but actual flight can save you (Vice Quotes) Be simple and modest in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice (Vice Quotes) At boarding schools of every description, the relaxation of the junior boys is mischief; and of the senior, vice (Vice Quotes) People do not persist in their vices because they are not weary of them, but because they cannot leave them off. It is the nature of vice to leave us no resource but in itself (Vice Quotes) Long careers of vice, that prosper even in their epitaphs, make cemeteries seem ridiculous, and death anything but a leveller (Vice Quotes) There will he nothing more that posterity can add to our immoral habits; our descendants must have the same desires and act the same follies as their sires. Every vice has reached its zenith (Vice Quotes) Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice, who ventures life and soul upon the dice (Vice Quotes) Virtue does not truly reward her votary if she leaves him sad and half doubtful whether it would not have been better to serve vice (Vice Quotes) When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, I think the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like (Vice Quotes) Vice leaves repentance in the soul, like an ulcer in the flesh, which is always scratching and lacerating itself; for reason effaces all other griefs and sorrows, but it begets that of repentance (Vice Quotes) There is no vice or folly that requires so much nicety and skill to manage as vanity; nor any which by ill management makes so contemptible a figure (Vice Quotes) Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness (Vice Quotes) Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it may not, and perhaps ought not to be supplied by prudence (Vice Quotes) Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food (Vice Quotes) There are two sorts of content; one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence. The first is a virtue; the other, a vice (Vice Quotes) I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, and virtue has no tongue to check her pride (Vice Quotes) It will be found a work of no small difficulty to dispossess a vice from the heart, where long possession begins to plead prescription (Vice Quotes) Most men call fretting a minor fault, a foible, and not a vice. There is no vice except drunkenness which can so utterly destroy the peace, the happiness of a hoe (Vice Quotes) There is some virtue in almost every vice, except hypocrisy; and even that, while it is a mockery of virtue, is at the same time a compliment to it (Vice Quotes) Every breach of veracity indicates some latent vice or some criminal intention, which the individual is ashamed to avow (Vice Quotes) Where vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station (Vice Quotes) Do not forget that others won’t see the problems the way you look at or vice versa (Vice Quotes)

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