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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.

Marquis de Sade

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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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Alter Fool Man Other Suit Think Way
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I’ve already told you: the only way to a woman’s heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure.
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Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.
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Gratify Happiness Imaginary None Procedure Sense Virtue
What we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do.
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Do Dong Here Image Like Only
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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A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking to suit other people!
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Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong.
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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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Cause Misfortune Mode Other Through
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
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Acquaint First Know Order Ourselves Virtue
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.
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For the simple reason that the first will always put the law into the service of the second.
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Always Lwa Reason Second Service Simple
I’ve been to Hell. You’ve only read about it.
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