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Vices Quotes by Victor Hugo
- From the oyster to the eagle, from the swine to the tiger, all animals are to be found in men and each of them exists…
- There exists, at the bottom of all abasement and misfortune, a last extreme which rebels and joins battle with the forces of law and respectability…
- Virtue has a veil, vice a mask.
- We must never fear robbers or murderers. They are dangers from outside, small dangers. It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real…
- Every good quality runs into a defect; economy borders on avarice, the generous are not far from the prodigal, the brave man is close to…
- Have no fear of robbers or murderers. They are external dangers, petty dangers. We should fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices the real…
- Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.
- It is ourselves we have to fear. Prejudice is the real robber, and vice the real murderer.
- Animals are nothing but the portrayal of our virtues and vices made manifest to our eyes, the visible reflections of our souls.
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