vices

Lord Vargrave, however bad a man he might be, had not many of those vices of character which belong to what I may call the _personal class of vices_, -- that is, he had no ill-will to individuals.

Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Lord Vargrave, however bad a man he might be, had not many of those vices of character which belong to what I may call the _personal class of vices_, -- that is, he had no ill-will to individuals.

Alice, or the Mysteries — Book 06 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

I quite sympathize with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper orders.

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1931

I quite sympathize with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper orders.

The Picture of Dorian Gray 1890

I quite sympathise with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper orders.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877

I quite sympathize with the rage of the English democracy against what they call the vices of the upper classes.

The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877

He has publicly claimed one of his few vices is "Chocolate Chip Cookies" and "Exercise".

Paul No. 1 on Amazon.com 2008

Most lacked supervision and were learning a variety of vices from the older soldiers.

Pursuit of an 'Unparalleled Opportunity': The American YMCA and Prisoner of War Diplomacy among the Central Power Nations during World War I 2008

Without the veneer of revolutionary hope that rhetorical anti-imperialism provided, the Chavez experiment is exposed as a 21st century rendering of the oldest of Latin American vices: the undying thirst for unchecked, unlimited, personal power till death do us part.

Francisco Toro: For Chavez, Obama = Bush 2009

The fact that women may now have achieved the virtues that men have long claimed as their prerogatives, and now indulge in vices that men have long practiced, does not preclude the States from drawing a sharp line between the sexes, certainly in such matters as the regulation of liquor traffic.

Women at Work 2006