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Vices Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.
- The whole truth is generally the ally of virtue; a half-truth is always the ally of some vice.
- The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When…
- When people impute special vices to the Christian Church, they seem entirely to forget that the world (which is the only other thing there is)…
- Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular…
- The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.
More Vices Quotes
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
- We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. — Saint Augustine
- It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. — Walter Bagehot
- 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
- Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once. — Tallulah Bankhead
- 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
- Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as… — Annie Besant