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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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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. – Samuel Butler

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Vaccination is the medical sacrament corresponding to baptism. Whether it is or is not more efficacious I do not know. – Samuel Butler

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Medical
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Other Quotes from
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What often prevents our abandoning ourselves to a single vice is, our having more than one. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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There is more than a morsel of truth in the saying, “He who hates vice hates mankind.” – W. MacNeile Dixon

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Vices

The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure theyre going to have some pretty annoying virtues. – Elizabeth Taylor

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Vices

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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Vices

Random Quotes

The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons. – David Sedaris

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Humor

Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature. – Phyllis Schlafly

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Failure

Good manners and plenty of money will make my son a gentlemen. – Proverb

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You never have a friend all figured out. Just when you think you know what makes them tick, they tock. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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