We devastate the world, we repopulate it with new objects which, in turn, we immolate. The means to every crime is ours, and we employ them all, we multiply the horror a hundredfold.
MARQUIS DE SADEHappiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
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Now I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy Him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts.
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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.
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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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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
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What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you.
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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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The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being who produces the impressions.
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Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?
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In libertinage, nothing is frightful, because everything libertinage suggests is also a natural inspiration.
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Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing.
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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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Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates.
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