Lon Milo DuQuette (1948) American occult writer
Source: Angels, Demons, & Gods of the New Millennium (1997), Chapter 4
“When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.”
Thoughts on Various Subjects (1727)
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