Get it into your head once and for all, my simple and very fainthearted fellow, that what fools call humanness is nothing but a weakness born of fear and egoism; that this chimerical virtue, enslaving only weak men, is unknown to those whose character is formed by stoicism, courage, and philosophy.
MARQUIS DE SADEReturn to the nothingness from which the mad hope and ridiculous fright of men dared call you forth to their misfortune. You only appeared as a torment for the human race.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.
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Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.
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The idea of God is the sole wrong for which I cannot forgive mankind.
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being,the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to.
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Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy!
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The most extraordinary, the most bizarre acts, those which most arrantly seem to conflict with every law, every human institution.
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Nature has endowed each of us with a capacity for kindly feelings: let us not squander them on others.
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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.
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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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Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
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What 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.
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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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My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care?
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Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
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