There is no vice which humankind carries to such wild extremes as that of avarice. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are many vices which are not believed because of their magnitude. — Delarivier Manley Copy Share Image
I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Being virtuous is wonderful thing, but feeling virtuous is a shortcut to vice. — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Vice incapacitates a man from all public duty; it withers the powers of his under- standing, and makes his mind paralytic. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be… — Joseph Kanon Copy Share Image
Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I'm a sucker for fries. It's definitely one of my biggest vices. My biggest savory vice for sure. — Shenae Grimes Copy Share Image
When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa. — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
We early arrive at the great discovery that there is one mind common to all individual men: that what is individual is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm deciding where I am best for this president-elect [Donald Trump] and this vice president-elect [Mike Pence] in due course. But there… — Kellyanne Conway Copy Share Image
Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Of all the vices, avarice is the most generally detested; it is the effect of an avidity common to all men; it… — Claude Adrien Helvetius Copy Share Image
As every student in Philosophy 101 learns, nothing can force me to believe that anyone except me is conscious. This power to… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Women are being considered as candidates for vice-president of the United States because it is the worst job in America. It's amazing… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice. Where is the skillful swordsman… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Each of us plays four roles in relation to the brain. We lead, we inspire, we invent, and we use it. Most… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
I had studied history at Brown and didn't feel like doing anything with it. What does one do with a history degree… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
The Greeks invented the idea of nemesis to show how any single virtue, stubbornly maintained gradually changes into a destructive vice. Our… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Senator John Kerry, who is running for president, said that when he voted for the war… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Adultery is the vice of equivocation. It is not marriage but a mockery of it, a merging that mixes love and dread… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
There was on section in First Corinthians 13 that talks about (showing) patience, kindness, politeness, how can I demonstrate forgiveness to my… — Alex Kendrick Copy Share Image
I watched that new reality show on ABC with Charlie Gibson, 'America's Next Top Vice President.' ... Oh, what an exciting show… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
We also need to make sure women can be in charge of their reproductive health. We can't defund places like Planned Parenthood,… — Chrissy Teigen Copy Share Image
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image