Quotes by Vices It is known, to the force of a single pound weight, what the engine will do; but, not all the calculators of the National Debt can tell me the capacity for good or evil, for love or hatred, for patriotism or discontent, for the decomposition of virtue into vice, or the reverse. Charles Dickens hatred vices evil Ah, Miss Harriet, it would do us no harm to remember oftener than we do, that vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess! Charles Dickens vices missing inspirational Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease. Charles Fourier viruses vices civilization The vices of some men are magnificent. Charles Lamb magnificent vices men If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers. Charles Simmons errors vices mother Atheism is a strange thing. Even the devils never fell into that vice. Charles Spurgeon devil atheism vices Children will imitate their fathers in their vices, seldom in their repentance. Charles Spurgeon vices father children Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence. Charles Sumner progress vices ignorance Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on which to model themselves, and who in consequence without much trouble discover his vices and virtues. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor mirrors eye vices Some years ago one oil company bought a fertilizer company, and every other major oil company practically ran out and bought a fertilizer company. And there was no more damned reason for all these oil companies to buy fertilizer companies, but they didn't know exactly what to do, and if Exxon was doing it, it was good enough for Mobil and vice versa. Charlie Munger oil vices years Understanding how to be a good investor makes you a better business manager and vice versa. Charlie Munger understanding vices decision Economists get very uncomfortable when you talk about virtue and vice. It doesn't lend itself to a lot of columns with numbers. But I would argue that there are big virtue effects in economics. I would say that the spreading of double-entry bookkeeping by the Monk, Fra Luce de Pacioli, was a big virtue effect in economics. It made business more controllable, and it made it more honest. Charlie Munger vices arguing numbers Sadly, the timing's never been right. There have been men who would have married me but I didn't feel the same, and vice versa. Cherie Lunghi married vices men I'm with someone who's got very high standards, and he doesn't tolerate all these ridiculous vices very easily. That's not reason enough to marry someone, although people have gotten married for less. Chrissie Hynde high-standards vices people A pacifist will often - at least nowadays - be an internationalist and vice versa. But history shows us that a pacifist need not think internationally. Christian Lous Lange vices needs thinking The life even of a just man is a round of petty frauds; that of a knave a series of greater. We degrade life by our follies and vices, and then complain that the unhappiness which is only their accompaniment is inherent in the constitution of things. Christian Nestell Bovee deceit vices men It's pretty hard to say no when a vice president-elect and a president-elect ask you to be part of the national team. Christine Todd Whitman team vices president What I liked so much while shooting [a movie], I might not like anymore when I see it or vice versa. The two are connected but not on a causal level. Christoph Waltz shooting vices two Brain surgery is not like politics and vice versa. Christopher Michael Cillizza vice-versa vices brain [On Vice-President Henry A. Wallace:] Much of what Mr. Wallace calls his global thinking is, no matter how you slice it, still globaloney. Clare Boothe Luce vices president thinking «345678910111213»