The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
MARQUIS DE SADEFor the simple reason that the first will always put the law into the service of the second.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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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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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
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The idea of seeing another person experience the same pleasure reduces one to a kind of equality which spoils the unutterable charms that come from despotism.
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Lycurgus, Numa, Moses, Jesus Christ, Mohammed, all these great rogues, all these great thought-tyrants, knew how to associate the divinities they fabricated with their own boundless ambition.
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Either kill me or take me as I am, because I’ll be damned if I ever change.
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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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One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.
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In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.
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The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.
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I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it.
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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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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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Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?
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The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.
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