Vice Quotes

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Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. — Abu Bakr
Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa. — Mikhail Bakunin
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac
Fast cars are my only vice. — Michael Bay
Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself. — Henry Ward Beecher
It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become the biggest stars. And vice… — Dirk Benedict
Remember, no one decides who they're going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally. — Joe Biden
Except for the title 'father,' there is no title, including 'vice president,' that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator. — Joe Biden
What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on which its existence… — Ambrose Bierce
The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art and not vice… — William Blake
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte
But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without… — Edmund Burke
If you are the wife of a governor or the wife of a vice president, I think you can be prepared for it. — Barbara Bush
As his vice president for eight years, I learned more from Ronald Reagan than from anyone I encountered in all my years of public life. — George H. W. Bush
The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice. — Joseph Butler
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa. — Samuel Butler
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. — Samuel Butler
Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed. — Robert Byrd
I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president.… — Herman Cain

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