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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without t

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. – Walter Bagehot

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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot

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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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It would seem that Nature has prescribed to every one from the moment of his birth certain limits for virtue and vice. – François VI de la Rochefoucault (1613–1680)

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

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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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