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Vices Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- Lying is a terrible vice, it testifies that one despises God, but fears men.
- Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.
- In plain truth, lying is an accursed vice. We are not men, nor have any other tie upon another, but by our word.
- I find that the best virtue I have has in it some tincture of vice.
- Amongst all other vices there is none I hate more than cruelty, both by nature and judgment, as the extremest of all vices.
- One may disavow and disclaim vices that surprise us, and whereto our passions transport us; but those which by long habits are rooted in a…
- If virtue cannot shine bright, but by the conflict of contrary appetites, shall we then say that she cannot subsist without the assistance of vice,…
- To make judgements about great and lofty things, a soul of the same stature is needed; otherwise we ascribe to them that vice which is…
- Ambition is not a vice of little people.
- Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which…
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