Heptads

Any set of seven can be classified using Touchstone's ‘degrees of the lie’

“I will name you the degrees. The first, the Retort Courteous; the second, the Quip Modest; the third, the Reply Churlish; the fourth, the Reproof Valiant; the fifth, the Countercheck Quarrelsome; the sixth, the Lie with Circumstance; the seventh, the Lie Direct.”- As You Like It (Act 5, Scene 4)

1) The Retort Courteous:

• Tuesday

• Asia

• Lust

• The Taj Mahal*

• “Fuck”**

• Habit 1: Be Proactive

• Charles Bronson as Bernado O’Reilly

2) The Quip Modest:

• Thursday

• Europe

• Envy

• Machu Picchu

• “Tits”

• Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

• Steve McQueen as Vin Tanner

3) The Reply Churlish

• Monday

• North America

• Pride

• Petra

• “Piss”

• Habit 4: Think Win-Win

• Robert Vaughn as Lee

4) The Reproof Valiant

• Sunday

• Africa

• Gluttony

• The Great Wall of China

• “Shit”

• Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

• Yul Brynner as Chris Adams

5) The Countercheck Quarrelsome

• Wednesday

• South America

• Wrath

• The Colosseum

• “Cunt”

• Habit 3: Put First Things First

• James Coburn as Britt

6) The Lie with Circumstance

• Friday

• Antarctica

• Sloth

• Chichén Itzá

• “Cocksucker”

• Habit 2: Begin With the End in Mind

• Horst Buchholz as Chico

7) The Lie Direct

• Saturday

• Oceania

• Greed

• Christ the Redeemer

• “motherfucker”

• Habit 6: Synergize

• Brad Dexter as Harry Luck

*The seven modern wonders of the world are not definitive

**Specifically, George Carlin’s “seven words you can never say on television”