Vices Quotes
Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.
J. G. C. BrainardNothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
SenecaIt is a great thing to know our vices.
CiceroSearch others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Benjamin FranklinNature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.
Francois de La RochefoucauldVices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!
Charles DickensWe can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
Titus LiviusNor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discovered: but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battle.
PlutarchUnless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
Walter LippmannHalf the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
Samuel ButlerHe has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Winston ChurchillWe do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
Francois de La RochefoucauldHe conquered with his weapons, but was conquered by his vices.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaDIGESTION, n. The conversion of victuals into virtues. When the process is imperfect, vices are evolved instead -- a circumstance from which that wicked writer, Dr. Jeremiah Blenn, infers that the ladies are the greater sufferers from dyspepsia.
Ambrose BierceWhat once were vices are manners now.
SenecaHERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
Ambrose BierceMen are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
Napoleon BonaparteA portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
HoraceIt has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
Abraham LincolnSome vices only lay hold of us by means of others, and these, like branches, fall on removal of the trunk.
Blaise Pascal