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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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Genius is no more than childhood recaptured at will, childhood equipped now with mans physical means to express itself, and with the analytical mind that enables it to bring order into the sum of experience, involuntarily amassed. – Charles Baudelaire

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The poet is like the prince of clouds
Who haunts the tempest and laughs at the archer;
Exiled on the ground in the midst of jeers,
His giant wings prevent him from walking. – Charles Baudelaire

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I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws. – Charles Baudelaire

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Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a blame to any people. – Bible

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All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation. – W. H. Auden

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But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires to have you, but you must master it. Genesis 4:7 – Bible

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

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