[HiTech RedNeck]

Hypocrisy is said to be the tribute that vice pays to virtue.

The spiritual warfare King knew was more than being jailed, however. Some of it was carnal snares. They could not nullify his salvation status, but they could blunt his witness.

[sparklite2]

tribute that vice pays to virtue.

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I never understood what it means, either.
But it’s from Oscar Wilde, who also said,
“If you are not too long, I will wait here
for you all my life.”