Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.
MARQUIS DE SADEWhat we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
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Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.
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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
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Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
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Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?
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Can we become other than what we are?
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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What do I see in the God of that infamous sect if not an inconsistent and barbarous being, today the creator of a world of destruction he repents of tomorrow.
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God strung up his own son like a side of veal. I shudder to think what he would do to me.
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Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
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Your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments.
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Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves.
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If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws.
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Sex without pain is like food without taste
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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.
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