Vices in example sentence

A prince, therefore, provided that he has not to rob his subjects, that he can defend himself, that he does not become poor and abject, that he is not forced to become rapacious, ought to hold of little account a reputation for being mean, for it is one of those vices which will enable him to govern.

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And to fill the void on the inside, I began to cave to all the vices being thrown my way.

But sadly, the vision of a great future, or the dream of a great future, is just a dream, because you have all of these vices.

We can see trees being used to map morality, with the popular tree of virtues and tree of vices, as you can see here, with these beautiful illustrations from medieval Europe.

Now, surrounding the Tyrant, Lorenzetti illustrates the vices that animate bad government.

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