• There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.

  Charles Baudelaire
  French poet 1821-1867
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. simultaneous
2. spirituality
3. invocation
4. animality
5. delight
6. descent

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There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent. by : Charles Baudelaire

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