Now I beg of you to tell me whether I must love a human being simply because he exists or resembles me and whether for those reasons alone I must suddenly prefer him to myself?
MARQUIS DE SADEIf 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.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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I write what I see, the endless procession to the guillotine. Were all lined up, waiting for the crunch of the blade…
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The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
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I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted,
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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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So much nearer to Nature than civilized men are; absurd then to maintain cruelty is a consequence of depravity. . . .
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I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.
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Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
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All men are born free, all have equal rights: never should we lose sight of those principles; according to which never may there be granted to one sex the legitimate right to lay monopolizing hands upon the other, and never may one of the sexes, or classes, arbitrarily possess the other.
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Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.
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Can we become other than what we are?
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And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
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Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.
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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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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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Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature’s mandates.
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