Vice Quotes

1024 Vice quotes by 706 unique authors

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. — Ben Jonson
Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost? — Alexander Pope
The heart resolves this matter in a trice, "Men only feel the smart, but not the vice. — Alexander Pope
Vices and virtues are of a strange nature, for the more we have, the fewer we think we have. — Alexander Pope
Calumny is a vice of curious constitution; trying to kill it keeps it alive; leave it to itself and it will die a natural death. — Thomas Paine
Some vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches, fall on removal of the trunk. — Blaise Pascal
A vice is a failure of desire — Gerald Stanley Lee
Hypocrisy is no cheap vice; nor can our natural temper be masked for many years together. — Edmund Burke
Though folly, robed in purple, shines, Though vice exhausts Peruvian mines, Yet shall they tremble and turn pale When satire wields her mighty flail. — Charles Churchill
If a misplaced admiration shows imbecility, an affected criticism shows vice of character. Expose thyself rather to appear a beast than false. — Denis Diderot
Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise! — Johann Kaspar Lavater
When we envy another, we make their virtue our vice. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
The vice named surrealism is the immoderate and impassioned use of the stupefacient image or rather of the uncontrolled provocation of the image for its… — Louis Aragon
Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the… — George Farquhar
Deceit is the false road to happiness; and all the joys we travel through to vice, like fairy banquets, vanish when we touch them. — Aaron Hill
Once again, the vice president has acknowledged that he dares to follow where Bill Bradley has boldly led. ... The only consistency in Al Gore's… — Anita Dunn
The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by… — R. H. Tawney
We, Norton I, do hereby decree that the offices of President, Vice President, and Speaker of the House of Representatives are, from and after this… — Emperor Norton
What vice could be worse than covetousness? What is more sinful than slander? For one who is truthful, what need is there for austerity? For… — Chanakya
There is no truth to the rumors that we hate each other. I have no ill feeling for [Britney Spears] and vice versa. I am… — Christina Aguilera
When I'm in New York my boyfriend buys me sneakers and vice versa. — Lily Allen
My grandmother had a Miss Margaret's School of Dance to teach tap and ballet to kids, but I never studied it. I was raised a… — Michelle Shocked
Let's just be clear here. The vice president of the United States accidentally shoots a man, and he feels that it's appropriate for a ranch… — David Gregory
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. — Edgar Quinet
Extremism is the pursuit of the presidency is an unpardonable vice. Moderation in the affairs of the nation is the highest virtue. — Lyndon B. Johnson

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