vitium

[4697] Apud Asianos, Turcas, Italos, nunquam frequentius hoc quam hodierno die vitium; Diana Romanorum

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Ita nunc apud infimos obtinuit hoc vitium, ut nullius fere pretii sit, et ignavus miles qui non in scortatione maxime excellat, et adulterio.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Haec alii rident, sed vereor ne dum nolumus esse creduli, vitium non efugiamus incredulitatis.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

[6215] Nevisanus, si vitium uxoris corrigi non potest, ferendum est: if it may not be helped, it must be endured.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

[263] Si foret in terris rideret Democritus, seu, &c. A satirical Roman in his time, thought all vice, folly, and madness were all at full sea, [264] Omne in praecipiti vitium stetit.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Immanitati autem consentaneum est opponere eam, quae supra humanitatem est, heroicam sive divinam virtutem; and a little after, Nam ut ferae neque vitium neque virtus est, swic neque Dei: sed hic quidem status altius quiddam virtute est, ille aluid quiddam a vitio.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

“Saepe latet vitium proximitate boni,” and therefore whatsoever want a man hath, he must see that he pretend the virtue that shadoweth it; as if he be dull, he must affect gravity; if a coward, mildness; and so the rest.

The Advancement of Learning 2003

{94} Ovid, Ars Amatoria: et lateat vitium proximitate boni.

Defence of Poesie 1992

Or the Satirick, who Omne vafer vitium ridenti tangit amico {81}, who sportingly, never leaveth, till he make a man laugh at follie; and at length ashamed, to laugh at himself; which he cannot avoyde, without avoyding the follie? who while Circum praecordia ludit {82}, giveth us to feele how many headaches a passionate life bringeth us to?

Defence of Poesie 1992

In the original text: Omne vafer vitium ridenti Flaccus amico Tangit, et admissus circum praecordia ludit.

Defence of Poesie 1992