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The Seven Social Sins are: Wealth without work. Pleasure without conscience. Knowledge without character. Commerce
“The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.


From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.”
― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“The last thing I ever wanted was to be alive when the three most powerful people on the whole planet would be named Bush, Dick and Colon.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

Jean-Paul Sartre
“You are -- your life, and nothing else.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre
“Hell is—other people!”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

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