In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.
Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.
There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
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