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I prefer an accommodating vice
To an obstinate virtue.
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Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.
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Betrayed and wronged in everything, I'll flee this bitter world where vice is king, And seek some spot unpeopled and apart Where I'll be free to have an honest heart. - Molière, The Misanthrope
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The most effective way of attacking vice is to expose it to public ridicule. People can put up with rebukes but they cannot bear being laughed at: they are prepared to be wicked but they dislike appearing ridiculous.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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January 15, 1622
Died:
February 17, 1673
(aged 51)
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