Vices Quotes

Vices refers to a bad habit. It commonly describes any of various crimes related (depending on jurisdiction) to prostitution, pornography, gambling, alcohol, or drugs, a defect in the temper or behaviour of a horse, such as to make the animal dangerous, to injure its health, or to diminish its usefulness, and a mechanical screw apparatus used for clamping or holding (also spelled vise), which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to a tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements, a grip or grasp, and a winding or spiral staircase, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Vices as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Additional shades of meaning include one who acts in place of a superior, which reinforce how the category can stretch across adjacent but still recognizable uses of the same term.

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Tallulah Bankhead

(1902-1968)

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Elizabeth Taylor

(1932-2011)

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Winston Churchill

(1874-1965)