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OTHER vices, as we said, are sometimes allayed by the advantages of
position, and when the matter of the sin and the occasion and opportunity
for it are removed, grow slack, and are diminished: but this one penetrates
the deserts with the man who is flying from it, nor can it be shut out from
any place, nor When outward material for it is removed does it fail. For it
is simply encouraged by the achievements of the virtues of the man whom it
attacks. For all other vices, as we said above, are sometimes diminished by
the lapse of time, and disappear: to this one length of life, unless it is
supported by skilful diligence and prudent discretion, is no hindrance, but
actually supplies it with new fuel for vanity.
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