Quote#Nature
Virtue and vice are oftentimes so near neighbours that we pass into…
Quote byJeremy Taylor · 1613–1667
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Holy Dying (1651), chapter 5, section 6..
English (original)
Virtue and vice are oftentimes so near neighbours that we pass into each other’s borders without observation, and think we do justice when we are cruel; or call ourselves liberal when we are loose and foolish in expenses; and are amorous when we commend our own civilities and good nature.
— Jeremy Taylor
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