vileness

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Let him love himself, for there is in him a nature capable of good; but let him not for this reason love the vileness which is in him.

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  1. The state or character of being vile, Baseness; despicableness; meanness; contemptibleness; worthlessness. Considering the vileness of the clay, I have sometimes wondered that no tribune of that age durst ever venture to ask the potter, What dost thou make ? Swift, Nobles and Commons, v.
  2. Moral or intellectual deficiency; imperfection; depravity; degradation; impurity; wickedness; sinfulness; extreme badness. We, sensible of our corruption and vileness, may be fearful and shy of coming near unto him. Barrow, Sermons, I. vii.

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  • How they came to love vileness, well that is another matter, and shall not for the present concern us '. —  sit down man, you're a bloody tragedy
  • When compiled together Tina's vulgar and vileness was very funny ....
  • How about a condemnation in strong terms of its vileness, its lies, its unfairness, its immorality, its racism etc. —  Israpundit
  • "Alcohol in small doses dilutes and ameliorates our native vileness," Mencken wrote. —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • All this vileness is leading to more conservatives jumping ship, and a hollerback from a supposed "McCain adviser", Congressman John Lewis. —  Larvatus Prodeo
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