| Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2009 : 2 July 2009 |
Seven Lively Sins
Pride: "When we fail, our pride supports us."
-- Charles Caleb Colton
Envy: "Envy can be a positive motivator." -- Robert Bringle
Gluttony: "It is a socialist idea that making profits is a vice;
I consider the real vice is making losses." -- Winston Churchill
Lust: "Lust should be shifted from the category of Sin to
that of Virtue." -- Simon Blackburn
Wrath: "The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God."
-- William Blake
Avarice: "Avarice, the spur of industry." -- David Hume
Sloth: No rest for the wicked.
give me a clue so sweet and true
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