A Quote by Oscar Wilde

Lord Illingworth told me this morning that there was an orchid there as beautiful as the seven deadly sins.

Oscar Wilde

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Beautiful Deadly Deadly Sins Lord Me Morning Seven Seven Deadly Sins Sins

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Oscar Wilde
Irish - Poet
October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

These are the Seven Deadly Sins: Avarice, Envy, Pride, Gluttony, Lust, Anger, Sloth. These are the seven deadly sins: venality, paranoia, insecurity, excess, carnality, contempt, boredom.

Martin Amis

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" as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.

Anton Szandor LaVey

MRS ALLONBY Is she such a mystery? LORD ILLINGWORTH She is more than a mystery - she is a mood. MRS ALLONBY Moods don't last. LORD ILLINGWORTH It is their chief charm.

Oscar Wilde

Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.

Joseph Epstein

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Douglas Coupland

LORD ILLINGWORTH What do you think she'd do if I kissed her? MRS ALLONBY Either marry you, or strike you across the face with her glove. What would you do if she struck you across the face with her glove? LORD ILLINGWORTH Fall in love with her, probably.

Oscar Wilde

Of the seven deadly sins, lust is definitely the pick of the litter.

Tom Robbins

But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest - next only to lust.

Edward Abbey

Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener.

Michael Pollan

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 spirit cannot soar until the millstones are lifted.

George Bernard Shaw

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 wars of this century, wars which cost twenty million dead, were fought between Christian nations praying to the same God.