Seven Blunders

I think I've blogged about this before, but I can't find it, and it's worth reminding ourselves of this list.

Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence:

1. wealth without work,
2. pleasure without conscience,
3. knowledge without character,
4. commerce without morality,
5. science without humanity,
6. worship without sacrifice,
7. politics without principle.

-Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)

Anu Garg writes the A Word A Day mailing list. I read it for his commentary on words, but also for the excellent quotes included in each mailing. This quote was associated with the word pertinacious and came out last Tuesday.

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