I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it.
MARQUIS DE SADEThere is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
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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The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.
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When I was not the cause of some chaos, a chaos of such proportions that it would provoke a general corruption or a distubance so formal that even after my death its effects would still be felt.
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What do I see in the God of that infamous sect if not an inconsistent and barbarous being, today the creator of a world of destruction he repents of tomorrow.
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What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act?
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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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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
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Conscience is not the voice of Nature but only the voice of prejudice.
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I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
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Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power.
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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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What we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do.
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How delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!
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Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.
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What is more immoral than war?
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