• 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
  French poet 1821-1867
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. civilization
2. turn-tables
3. reduction
4. original

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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. by : Charles Baudelaire

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