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True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-t

True Civilization does not lie in gas, nor in steam, nor in turn-tables. It lies in the reduction of the traces of original sin. – Charles Baudelaire

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I have cultivated my hysteria with delight and terror. Now I suffer continually from vertigo, and today, 23rd of January, 1862, I have received a singular warning, I have felt the wind of the wing of madness pass over me. – Charles Baudelaire

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Madness
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Charles Baudelaire
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To be just, that is to say, to justify its existence, criticism should be partial, passionate and political, that is to say, written from an exclusive point of view, but a point of view that opens up the widest horizons. – Charles Baudelaire

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Criticism
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But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23 – Bible

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The first sin in our universe was Lucifers self conceit. – Thomas Carlyle

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Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime. – Anon.

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The just man may sin with an open chest of gold before him. – Italian Proverb

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