This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls of a saint, which is very little.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)

Théophile Gautier Quotes

This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls...

This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls...

This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls...

This century boasts of progress! Have they invented a new mortal sin? Unfortunately there are but seven, as before — the number of the daily falls...