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Quote by Samuel Butler
The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. -

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds. – Samuel Butler

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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it. – Samuel Butler

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Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents. – George Savile, Marquess de Halifax, Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reflections

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We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this. – Holbrook Jackson

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There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more. – Woody Allen

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It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln

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