But that woman is an encyclopedia! Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through!
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Jean Lorrain
A strange girl, all phosphorous and cantharides, burning with every desire! And burning with every vice!
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Jean Lorrain
The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered..it is not merely the vices that are let loose. The vices are, indeed, let loose,...
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G.k. Chesterton
To be proud of virtue, is to poison yourself with the Antidote.
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Benjamin Franklin
The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
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Alexander Pope
More Quotes By Seneca
Life is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Timendi causa est nescire - Ignorance is the cause of fear.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.
