In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws of Him who is the God of nature, excess of every kind destroys that constitution which temperance would preserve. The debauchee offers up his body a "living sacrifice to sin.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws...

In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws...

In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws...

In its primary signification, all vice, that is, all excess, brings on its own punishment, even here. By certain fixed, settled and established laws...