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“I will perform the function of a whetstone, which is about to restore sharpness to iron, though itself unable to cut. [Lat., Fungar vice cotis, acutum Reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsi secandi.]”

Action Cutting Function Vices Iron Sharpness Valet

Author:Horace

“Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation; it cannot be classified as an illness; we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function, produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them (Plato, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.). It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime--and a cruelty, too. If you do not believe me, read the books of Havelock Ellis.”

“The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.”

Virtue Function Bounds Vices Reasonable Vice And Virtue

Book:The Notebooks of Samuel Butler

Source: The Notebooks of Samuel Butler

“I started at Pillsbury as a manager in one of their analysis functions, then worked my way up the corporate ladder to become vice president. Moving to Burger King was an important moment in my career.”

Way Important Moments Moving President Careers Kings Function Vices Managers My Way Corporate Analysis Ladders Vice President Burgers Important Moments Burger King

Author:Herman Cain

“Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function.”

Function Vices Virtuous Exaggeration Exaggerating Exaggeration Is

Book:The Journals

Source: The Journals

“Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.”

Men Mind Art Pleasure Intellectual Draws Function Extraordinary Vices Good Art

Book:Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions

Source: Nicholas Copernicus on the revolutions