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.
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