The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
MARQUIS DE SADEHow delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy…
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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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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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My passions, concentrated on a single point, resemble the rays of a sun assembled by a magnifying glass: they immediately set fire to whatever object they find in their way.
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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One must feel sorry for those who have strange tastes, but never insult them. Their wrong is Nature’s too; they are no more responsible for having come into the world with tendencies unlike ours than are we for being born bandy-legged or well-proportioned.
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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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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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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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What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act?
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How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a single creature resists us.
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Love Is Stronger Than Pride
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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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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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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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