Humour Quote by Martial

There is some virtue in almost every vice, except hypocrisy; and even that, while it is a mockery of virtue, is at the same…

— William Hazlitt

In sum, all actions and habits are to be esteemed good or evil by their causes and usefulness in reference to the commonwealth, and…

— Thomas Hobbes

“Hypocrisy is said to be the homage that vice pays to virtue,—decorum is the outward expression of that homage; and if this be so,…

— Charles Robert Maturin

Who does not sufficiently hate vice, does not sufficiently love virtue.

— Jean-Baptiste Rousseau

“He who wishes to preserve, often destroys, so that virtue seems vice, and vice seems virtue.”

— Guglielmo Ferrero

“We do not despise all those with vices, but we do despise all those without a single virtue.”

— Francois La Rochefoucauld

Some people with great virtues are disagreeable, while others with great vices are delightful.

— Duc De La Rochefoucals

“People who have no vices, have very few virtues.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

— Will Durant

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

— Jonathan Swift

A man is fortunate if he encounters living examples of vice, as well as of virtue, to inspire him.

— Brendan Behan

“Encouraging virtue is better than suppressing vice.”

— Raheel Farooq