Vice and Virtue

And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.

John Dryden, in Vice and Virtue

It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.

Georges Duhamel, in Vice and Virtue

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

Albert Einstein, in Vice and Virtue

If I didn't have a problem with alcohol, I'd drink all the time.

Havelock Ellis, (from biographer's notes), in Food and Drink and Vice and Virtue

'Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.

W. C. Fields, in Vice and Virtue

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Anatole France, in Vice and Virtue

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

Robert J. Hanlon, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue

He whose face gives no light shall never become a star.

William Blake, in Vice and Virtue

Too much of a good thing is just that.

Brian J. Dent, in Vice and Virtue

Truth fears no questions.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue

When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect -- and no more of it than we had earned.

Jane Haddam, in Vice and Virtue

If you treat a person as he is, he will remain as he is. If you treat him for what he could be, he will become what he could be.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue

It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

Unknown, in Success and Failure and Vice and Virtue

It is easier to point the finger than to offer a helping hand.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

Jesus died for your sins. Make it worth his time.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

Kinky is using a feather, perverted is using the whole chicken.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue