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The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his senti

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep. – Charles Baudelaire

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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. – Charles Baudelaire

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There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. – Charles Baudelaire

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Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion. – Jonathan Swift

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Let your prayers be humble, short, but energick. – Countess Dowager of Carlisle, Thoughts in the Form of Maxims addressed to Young

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