Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?
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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And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
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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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Between understanding and faith immediate connections must subsist.
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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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I’ve been to Hell. You’ve only read about it.
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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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One must do violence to the object of one’s desire; when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
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Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
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Your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments.
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If the objects who serve us feel ecstacy, they are much more often concerned with themselves than with us, and our own enjoyment is consequently impaired.
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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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Good for society, our laws are very bad for the individuals whereof it is composed; for, if they one time protect the individual, they hinder, trouble, fetter him for three quarters of his life.
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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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The completest submissiveness is your lot, and that is all.
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There you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her scheme: a perpetual action and reaction, a host of vices, a host of virtues, in one word, a perfect equilibrium resulting from the equality of good and evil on earth.
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