Vice and Virtue

It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

 Molière, in  Vice and Virtue

I drink to make other people interesting.

 George Jean Nathan, in  Vice and Virtue

Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself.

 Friedrich Nietzsche, in  Vice and Virtue

Most people would like to be delivered from temptation but would like it to keep in touch.

 Robert Orben, in  Vice and Virtue

On the whole, human beings want to be good -- but not too good and not quite all the time.

 George Orwell, in  Vice and Virtue

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say "no" in any of them.

 Dorothy Parker, in  Vice and Virtue

Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.

 Blaise Pascal, in  Vice and Virtue

To err is human, to forgive divine.

 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, in  Vice and Virtue

A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent

 William Blake, in  Vice and Virtue

Be nice to people on your way up because you'll need them on your way down.

 Wilson Mizner, in  Success and Failure and  Vice and Virtue

Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.

 Midori Koto, in  Vice and Virtue

It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.

 Jess Lair, in  Vice and Virtue

Life is like walking through snow: every step shows.

 Jess Lair, in  Vice and Virtue

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

 Doug Larson, in  Vice and Virtue

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

 Abraham Lincoln, in  Law and Politics and  Vice and Virtue

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

 Abraham Lincoln, in  Vice and Virtue

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

 Abraham Lincoln, in  Vice and Virtue

The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

 Thomas Macaulay, History of England, I, in  Vice and Virtue

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

 Dean Martin, in  Vice and Virtue

No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.

 Murray Kempton, in  Vice and Virtue