Vice is man's nature virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm. (William Hazlitt)

Vice is man's nature virtue is a habit -- or a mask. . . . The foregoing maxim shows the difference between truth and sarcasm.

William Hazlitt

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