Vices are their own punishment

Topics: Vice Quotes

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we...

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Please all, and you will please none.

Please all, and you will please none.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to...

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to...

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you...

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you...

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

Who is the bravest hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force...

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force...