God strung up his own son like a side of veal. I shudder to think what he would do to me.
MARQUIS DE SADEDeep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
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Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
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When I was not the cause of some chaos, a chaos of such proportions that it would provoke a general corruption or a distubance so formal that even after my death its effects would still be felt.
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.
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Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.
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At all times, in every century, every age, there has been such a connection between despotism and religion that it is infinitely apparent and demonstrated a thousand times over, that in destroying one, the other must be undermined.
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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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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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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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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Those laws, being forged for universal application, are in perpetual conflict with personal interest, just as personal interest is always in contradiction with the general interest.
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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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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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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
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