There is a thin line between wickedness and nobility. The seven deadly sins are but seven created aspirations gone askew. They are seven blessed virtues become seven deadly distortions. Self esteem corrupts to pride; the quest for material welfare crosses the border to covetousness; the hunger for personal intimacy degenerates to lust. Pain turns to anger and hunger to gluttony. Admiration and honor are sullied by envy, and our need for rest surrenders to sloth.
R.C. Sproul, In Search of Dignity
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