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.
MARQUIS DE SADEIt has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates.
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Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the extraordinary to the commonplace
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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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Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.
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Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.
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Beauty is a simple thing; ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.
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The debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his strength, to exercise it in all the violent forms that suit him best, by means of tortures, if he be so inclined, or worse.
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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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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking to suit other people!
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Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them.
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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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You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit othere is a fool.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
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What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you.
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