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Vice Quotes by William Shakespeare
- Well, whiles I am a beggar, I will rail, And say there is no sin but to be rich; And being rich, my virtue then…
- There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
- So our virtues lie in the interpretation of the time
- Who has a book of all that monarchs do, He's more secure to keep it shut than shown; For vice repeated is like the wand'ring…
- Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!
- Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.
- I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood".
- So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being…
More Vice Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Joe Biden
- What this country needs what every country needs occasionally is a good hard bloody war to revive the vice of patriotism on… — Ambrose Bierce
- The foundation of empire is art and science. Remove them or degrade them, and the empire is no more. Empire follows art… — William Blake
- Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. — Napoleon Bonaparte