VICES

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

Augustine of Hippo

The leader should understand how often vices pass themselves off as virtues. Stinginess often excuses itself under the name of frugality while, on the other hand, extravagance hides itself under the name of generosity. Often inordinate laxity is mistaken for loving kindness, while unbridled wrath is seen as the virtue of spiritual zeal.

Gregory the Great