vice Quotes

Evil draws men together.

One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving for honor is excessive is said to be ambitious, and he who is deficient in this respect unambitious;... ...

All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources.

Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.

There are, then, three states of mind ... two vices--that of excess, and that of defect; and one virtue--the mean; and all these are in a certain sense opposed to one another; for the extremes are not only opposed to... ...

The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.

[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

Youth should be kept strangers to all that is bad, and especially to things which suggest vice or hate. When the five years have passed away, during the two following years they must look on at the pursuits which they... ...

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.