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Juvenal:No one ever reached the worst of a vice


No one ever reached the worst of a vice at one leap.
by Juvenal


Chinese Proverb:Not wine...men intoxicate


Not wine...men intoxicate themselves; Not vice...men entice themselves.
by Chinese Proverb


William Hazlitt:The only vice that cannot be


The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
by William Hazlitt


Francis Bacon:Prosperity doth best discover


Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
by Francis Bacon


Robert South:Covetousness is both the beginning


Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.
by Robert South


Francis Bacon:Beauty is as summer fruits, which


Beauty is as summer fruits, which are easy to corrupt and cannot last; and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth, and an age a little out of countenance; but if it light well, it makes virtue shine and vice blush.
by Francis Bacon


Upanishads:The Soul is made of consciousness and


The Soul is made of consciousness and mind; it is made of life and vision. It is made of the earth and the waters; it is made of air and space. It is made of light and darkness; it is made of desire and peace. It is made of anger and love; it is made of virtue and vice. It is made of all that is near; it is made of all that is afar. It is made of all.
by Upanishads


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