Charles Cros – Quotes

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Charles Cros or Émile-Hortensius-Charles Cros (October 1, 1842 – August 9, 1888) was a French poet and inventor.

He was born in Fabrezan, Aude.
Cros was a well-regarded poet and humorous writer. As an inventor, he was interested in the fields of transmitting graphics by telegraph and making photographs in color, but he is perhaps best known for being the first person to conceive a method for reproducing recorded sound, an invention he named the Paleophone.
Charles Cros died in Paris at the age of 45.

Occupation: 
poet
Born: 
10/01/42
Died: 
08/09/88 (45)

Il est loin le temps des aveux
Naïfs, des téméraires voeux!
Je n'ai d'argent qu'en mes cheveux.

Les ames dont j'aurais besoin
Et les étoiles sont trop loin.
Je vais mourir soul, dans un coin.

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