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 SADEWhat I should like to find is a crime the effects of which would be perpetual, even when I myself do not act, so that there would not be a single moment of my life even when I were asleep.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong.
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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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No kind of sensation is keener and more active than that of pain its impressions are unmistakable.
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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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There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
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Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.
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Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses . . .
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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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How delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!
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If God permits virtue to be persecuted on earth, it is not for us to question his intentions. It may be that his rewards are held over for another life, for is it not true as written in Holy Scripture that the Lord chastenenth only the righteous! And after all, is not virtue it’s own reward?
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Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing.
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Can we become other than what we are?
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The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.
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Love Is Stronger Than Pride
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If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws.
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