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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My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care?
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Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.
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Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Happiness is an abstraction, it is a product of the imagination, it is a way of being moved, which depends entirely on our way of seeing and feeling.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
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Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade No kind of sensation is keener and more active than that of pain its impressions are unmistakable.
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Sex without pain is like food without taste
Marquis de SadeMarquis de Sade Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.
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More specifically, Barack Obama is the president of a congenitally racist country, erected upon the plunder of life, liberty, labor, and land. This plunder has not been exclusive to black people.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant.
Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini Anonymity lets me concentrate exclusively on writing.
Elena FerranteElena Ferrante I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
Alan PalomoAlan Palomo The appetite for adventure and risk is not exclusive to young Christians. In face.
Alan HirschAlan Hirsch Possessions of this world have not been for the exclusive use by such or such category of individuals.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir Islam is nothing but man’s exclusive and total submission to God.
Abul A'la MaududiAbul A'la Maududi There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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