"Gluttony and Lust are the only sins that abuse something that is essential to our survival."

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Source : Henry Fairlie (1979). “The Seven Deadly Sins Today”

Henry Fairlie

#Lust Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Survival Quotes

“We recognize that the arts are an essential part of San Francisco's cultural vitality.”
“The Danish glee: the national version of cheerfulness.”
“People of color have to do this work as a mater of everyday survival. And so long as they have to, who am I to act as if I have a choice in the matter? Especially when my future and that of my children in large part depends on the eradication of racism? There is no choice.”
“God is the efficient cause not only of the existence of things, but also of their essence. Corr. Individual things are nothing but modifications of the attributes of God, or modes by which the attributes of God are expressed in a fixed and definite manner.”
“In the whole history of the world there is but one thing that money cannot buy...to wit--the wag of a dog's tail.”
“Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .”

Source : Mario Puzo (2005). “The Godfather”, p.168, Penguin
“I do not intend to allow the Senate to rubber-stamp the president's plan to reward the Chinese Communists.”
“My humour and my work ethic definitely come from my Scottish side, and I have to say the sense of humour doesn't really translate when I'm in America.”

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