Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.
MARQUIS DE SADEMy 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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Now I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy Him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts.
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Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
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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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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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I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted,
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Either kill me or take me as I am, because I’ll be damned if I ever change.
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Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.
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Let us give ourselves indiscriminately to everything our passions suggest, and we will always be happy…
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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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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.
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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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