Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
MARQUIS DE SADE
MARQUIS DE SADE
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The pleasure of the senses is always regulated in accordance with the imagination. Man can aspire to felicity only by serving all the whims of his imagination.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Hence, I must recommend to you prompt exactness, submissiveness, and total self-abnegation that you be enabled to heed naught but our desires; let them be your laws, fly to do their bidding, anticipate them, cause them to be born.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade 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.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade 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.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Religions are the cradles of despotism.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet… Ive been to hell, young man, youve only read about it.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade
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Getting so deep in the process of creating the life I want for myself, so I’m turning out anything/ anyone that doesn’t align with my vision.
Dau VoireDau Voire I am finding the courage to breathe as I am.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign Sadness that is caused by the absence of love is deadly for the heart.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Always find a reason to love.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta You are healing yourself with poetry what could be more beautiful than that?
Aurora RaineAurora Raine Not everyone takes every opportunity that comes their way because it takes a lot of work.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
AtticusAtticus The lack of influence or power is more dangerous than worrying about things being reduced to nothingness.
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I’ve always wanted a ‘Full House’ reunion, so when you see stuff like this comes back, it’s super exciting.
Sabrina CarpenterSabrina Carpenter I Tweeted Keri Hilson the other day and she actually wrote back! I was so excited.
Kevin DurantKevin Durant Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld I was a little excited but mostly blorft. “Blorft” is an adjective I just made up that means ‘Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.’ I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.
Tina FeyTina Fey Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.
Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade I had to lull mom and hank into believing i was in the right frame of mind to be taken into public. If i exited my bedroom foaming at the mouth and dressed in black love sucks tee, my plan would never get off the ground.
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick I wish I could make you see how exciting the life of the spirit is and how rich in experience. It’s illimitable. It’s such a happy life. There’s only one thing like it, when you’re up in a plane by yourself, high, high, and only infinity surrounds you.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham