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Vices Quotes by Oliver Goldsmith
- She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much…
- There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
- The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
- Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed accordingly should still…
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