Deadly Sins Quotes

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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion. — Samuel Butler
The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven millstones from Man's neck but money; and the… — George Bernard Shaw
Pride is one of the seven deadly sins; but it cannot be the pride of a mother in her children, for that is a compound… — Charles Dickens
Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all. — Joseph Epstein
In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins. — Joseph Epstein
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates indulging in each of these 'sins'… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to… — Anton Szandor LaVey
The idea of caring is that someone is making money faster [than you are] is one of the deadly sins. Envy is a really stupid… — Charlie Munger
Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict? — Douglas Coupland
Pride is more than the first of the seven deadly sins; it is itself the essence of all sin. — John Stott
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Press: - Concentrated Power of the Big Press. - Passing of competition and the coming of monopoly. - Governmental… — Max Lerner
Searching for a better description of this rotting sadness, I came upon the concept of acedia. In Christian theology, itâ€™s an antecedent to sloth, the… — Mishka
Communism is evil. Its driving forces are the deadly sins of envy and hatred. — Peter Drucker
Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener. — Michael Pollan
No band on 21st-century radio has mined pre-grunge hair-metal's sleaze like L.A.'s Buckcherry. So it makes poetic sense that they'd spend their sixth album tallying… — Chuck Eddy
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around. — Robert Breault
The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous. — Robert Breault
Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great… — Richard M. Nixon
I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy schedule trying to fit them in. — Warren Zevon

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