Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
MARQUIS DE SADEThe idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade…
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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All men are born free, all have equal rights: never should we lose sight of those principles; according to which never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands upon the other, and never may one of the sexes, or classes, arbitrarily possess the other.
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Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature’s mandates.
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So much nearer to Nature than civilized men are; absurd then to maintain cruelty is a consequence of depravity. . . .
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That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you…every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates.
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I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.
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The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.
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Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!
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Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.
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Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.
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Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
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A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking to suit other people!
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What is more immoral than war?
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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