355 Quotes About Vices

The act of defending any of the cardinal virtues has today all the exhilaration of a vice.

The vices of which we are full we carefully hide from others, and we flatter ourselves with the notion that they are small and trivial; we sometimes even embrace them as virtues.

Is it against justice or reason to love ourselves? And why is self-love always a vice?

It cannot be a vice in men to be sensible of their strength.

If it is true that vice can never be done away with, the science of government consists of making it contribute to the public good.

After being sworn in to office, vice presidents have usually been relegated to the sidelines, where they just don't get to do very much.

The vice presidential candidate tends to be a bit of an afterthought.

Vice is a dreary business. And virtue is not a lot of fun, either.

Virtue sometimes pretends. Vice is always sincere.