For my system, which you disapprove of is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness -it means more to me than my life itself.
MARQUIS DE SADESo much nearer to Nature than civilized men are; absurd then to maintain cruelty is a consequence of depravity. . . .
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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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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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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Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.
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Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
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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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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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I’ve been to Hell. You’ve only read about it.
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Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime?
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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy…
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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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Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear.
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Conspiracy! Intrigue! A rapidly thickening plot! Add some bestiality and a lecherous priest and I’d say you have the beginnings of a beautiful novel.
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Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
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