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Vice and Virtue
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Tuesday, August 25, 2026    Rated "G" by the Author.
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 Vice and Virtue

by John Herlihy
 
“Some rise by sin,
Some by virtue fall.” * 
 
Some live by whim,
Some live by sin.
Measure for measure,
Life lived as treasure.
 
Measured in length,
In numbers of years.
Gathered in strength,
By sorrow and tears.
 
Lost amid vice
Found amid virtue
Captured by vice
Freed by virtue
 
Falling into vice,
A great injury.
Falling from virtue,
A greater penury.
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Copyright © John Herlihy
Sunday 11 January 2026
 
*Measure for Measure” by William Shakespeare
 

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 Reviews of "Vice and Virtue"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on September 14, 2026
FOR ME, THERE NOTHING TO PONDER, AT ALL. FOR, "WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN TO GAIN THE WHOLE WORLD....BUT LOSE HIS SOUL?" THANK YOU, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 25, 2026
Interesting to contemplate. We humans seem doomed to fall into vice, whether we like it or not.

I'm in favor of making some vices that don't hurt anyone, simply normal activity. Once we remove them from the list of sin, they no longer will be a vice. Just a part of life.

Ron


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