There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
MARQUIS DE SADEWhat do I see in the God of that infamous sect if not an inconsistent and barbarous being, today the creator of a world of destruction he repents of tomorrow.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.
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Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
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Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.
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The primary and most beautiful of nature’s qualities is motion
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The rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet… Ive been to hell, young man, youve only read about it.
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My manner of thinking stems straight from my considered reflections; it holds with my existence, with the way I am made. It is not in my power to alter it; and were it, I’d not do so.
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It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.
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The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
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Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime?
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Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all!
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Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.
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