When the passions become masters, they are
vicesView quotes by Blaise PascalIt is a great thing to know our
vices.
View quotes by CiceroIt has been my experience that folks who have no
vices have very few virtues.
View quotes by Abraham LincolnA few
vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
View quotes by PlutarchOf all
vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.
View quotes by Sir Walter ScottNine-tenths of the miseries and
vices of mankind proceed from idleness
View quotes by Thomas CarlyleA portion of mankind take pride in their
vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
View quotes by HoraceWe suffer primarily not from our
vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in their place.
View quotes by Daniel BoorstinDisobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the
vices.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawSo much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our
vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.
View quotes by Edward DahlbergLuxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent
vicesView quotes by Hannah MoreThe problem with people who have no
vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues.
View quotes by Elizabeth TaylorIt is queer how it is always one's virtues and not one's
vices that precipitate one into disaster.
View quotes by Rebecca WestProbably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the
vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
View quotes by Theodore RooseveltIt is good to be without
vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
View quotes by Walter BagehotGovernment is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and
vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
View quotes by Percy Bysshe ShelleyThe greatest minds are capable of the greatest
vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
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