Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
–Alexander Pope (1688”“1744)
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace
–Alexander Pope (1688”“1744)
Like most great poets, Pope is capable of being silly to a degree. Vice is, as most people are aware, very attractive indeed. If it were not so, those who indulge in the vices would not do so. Larry