Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.
MARQUIS DE SADEEvery 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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The debility to which Nature condemned women incontestably proves that her design is for man, who then more than ever enjoys his strength, to exercise it in all the violent forms that suit him best, by means of tortures, if he be so inclined, or worse.
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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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How delightful are the pleasures of the imagination! In those delectable moments, the whole world is ours; not a single creature resists us.
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What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act?
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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Love Is Stronger Than Pride
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What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you.
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It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.
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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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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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What do I see there but a frail being forever unable to bring man to heel and force him to bend a knee. This creature, although emanated from him, dominates him, knows how to offend him and thereby merit torments eternally! What a weak fellow, this God!
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Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime?
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It requires only two things to win credit for a miracle: a mountebank and a number of silly women.
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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
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Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust.
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