And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
MARQUIS DE SADEThere are thorns everywhere, but along the path of vice, roses bloom above them.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.
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What is more immoral than war?
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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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When I was not the cause of some chaos, a chaos of such proportions that it would provoke a general corruption or a distubance so formal that even after my death its effects would still be felt.
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I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
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Good for society, our laws are very bad for the individuals whereof it is composed; for, if they one time protect the individual, they hinder, trouble, fetter him for three quarters of his life.
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Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence.
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Sex without pain is like food without taste
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Return to the nothingness from which the mad hope and ridiculous fright of men dared call you forth to their misfortune. You only appeared as a torment for the human race.
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.
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So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.
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Were he supreme, were he mighty, were he just, were he good, this God you tell me about, would it be through enigmas and buffooneries he would wish to teach me to serve and know him?
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Now I beg of you to tell me whether I must love a human being simply because he exists or resembles me and whether for those reasons alone I must suddenly prefer him to myself?
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Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.
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