Vices Quotes

1188 Vices quotes by 758 unique authors

It is not, perhaps, unreasonable to conclude, that a pure and perfect democracy is a thing not attainable by man, constituted as he is of… — Alexander Fraser Tytler
An actor who is good at comedy can also be very good at drama, but not necessarily vice versa. — Desi Arnaz
Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed. — Bernard-Joseph Saurin
The Scots (originally Irish, but by now Scotch) were at this time inhabiting Ireland, having driven the Irish (Picts) out of Scotland; while the Picts… — W. C. Sellar
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. — Lyman Abbott
I rarely drink, I don't smoke, so my vice is probably creating. I'm addicted to creating. And women. — Andre Benjamin
If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. — Charles Simmons
The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality. — Lord Acton
The things we respond to at twenty are not necessarily the same things we will respond to at forty and vice versa. This is true… — Gabrielle Zevin
So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The… — Edward Dahlberg
The word of God is full of sad and grave counsel, full of the knowledge of God, of examples of virtues, and of correction of… — John Jewel
No vice is so bad as advice. — Marie Dressler
If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'. — Abraham Lincoln
And if you like socialized medicine, you will love this government bureaucracy under [then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee] Al Gore that will actually cost… — J D Hayworth
Nostalgia, the vice of the aged. We watch so many old movies our memories come in monochrome. — Angela Carter
To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve to remind one… — Unknown Author
I think schools, as they are now regulated, the hot-beds of vice and folly, and the knowledge of human nature supposedly attained there, merely cunning… — Mary Wollstonecraft
.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say, that this final… — David Hume
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
In the active life all the vices are first of all to be removed by the practice of good works, so that in the contemplative… — Isidore of Seville
When it seems that God shows us the faults of others, keep on the safer side-it may be that your judgment is false. On your… — St. Catherine of Siena
What maintains one vice would bring up two children. — Benjamin Franklin
If one would discern the centers of dominance in any society, one need only look to its definitions of "virtue" and "vice" or "legal" and… — Freda Adler
There are men so incorrigibly lazy that no inducement that you can offer will tempt them to work; so eaten up by vice that virtue… — William Booth
It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team. — Christine Todd Whitman

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