seven deadly sins

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“Of the seven deadly sins, all but sloth emerge from the seduction that beckons.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2024

Gluttony is one of Christianity’s seven deadly sins.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

Each cone represents one of the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Of the seven deadly sins, envy is the one you’d least expect to see in the world’s highest-ranking executives.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

If a man wishes to condemn the seven deadly sins we tolerate him if in the process they are sufficiently well described. 

From George Borrow The Man and His Books by Thomas, Edward