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

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
~Author : Samuel Butler Nice Quotes

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
~Author : Saint Augustine Great Sayings

If there's anything unsettling to the stomach, it's watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.
~Author : Marlon Brando Meaningful Sayings

The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
~Author : Hannah Whitall Smith 1902 Wise Quotes

It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems. This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry--or laugh.
~Author : Kurt Vonnegut Jr Motivational Sayings

The sun sets without thy assistance.
~Author : The Talmud Famous Quotes

There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough.
~Author : William Zinsser Inspirational Sayings