Of course most people aren't going to admit they use envy to motivate themselves, after all, it's one of the seven deadly sins.

当然，大部分人不会承认他们利用嫉妒激励自己，毕竟，嫉妒乃七宗罪之一。

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Envy has traditionally been considered one of the seven deadly SINS.

嫉妒历来被认为是七宗罪之一。

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Envy is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, but Progressives seem to believe that it is a virtue.

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In a survey of 562 adults on those and other social networks, about 70 percent admitted to committing at least one of the Bible's Seven Deadly Sins: gluttony, lust, greed, pride, wrath, envy and sloth.

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