Vices

Famous quotes containing the word vices:

“When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Power corrupts ... when the weak band together in order to ruin the strong, but not before. The will to power ... far from being a characteristic of the strong, is, like envy and greed, among the vices of the weak, and possibly even their most dangerous one.”
—Hannah Arendt (1906–1975)

“Our vices are attempts to combine self-medication and enjoyment.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)