Famous vices quotations

   It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues.  Nice Word by Abraham Lincoln

   It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.  Meaningful Quotation by Walter Bagehot

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.  Good Quote by Lady Marguerite Blessington

   Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.  Wise Phrase by J. Petit-Senn

   We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.  Wise Phrase by Holbrook Jackson

   No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.  Famous Saying by Bertrand Arthur William Russell, On Education, 1926

   Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.  Nice Word by Thornton Wilder

   Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all, and vice only poorly.  Meaningful Quotation by Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

   The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't; it just keeps you from enjoying it.  Good Quote by Salvador de Madariaga

   How like herrings and onions our vices are in the morning after we have committed them.  Wise Phrase by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

   There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more.  Wise Phrase by Woody Allen

   There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, He who hates vice hates mankind.  Famous Saying by W. MacNeile Dixon

   Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.  Nice Word by George Savile, Marquess de Halifax, Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections

   When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices.  Meaningful Quotation by Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld

   Minor vices lead to major ones, but minor virtues stay put.  Good Quote by Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966

   Idleness is the beginning of all vices.  Wise Phrase by Proverb

   Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.  Wise Phrase by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals, 1836

   If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?  Famous Saying by John Churton Collins, Aphorisms in the English Review, 1914



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