Saturday, September 9, 2023

The Seven Social Sins

"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.
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(Frederick Lewis Donaldson. Sermon in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/32234-the-seven-social-sins-are-wealth-without-work-pleasure-without )

Later, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi published in his weekly newspaper Young India on October 22, 1925.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Social_Sins)

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