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Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses . . .

Marquis de Sade

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The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Become Enemy Expect Laugh Man Necessarily Prejudice Reason Scorn
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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Assume Entire Everything Flatter Right Satisfy Universe Whim Yield
How delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart!
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Corrupt Delicious Heart Religion Semblance Stifie Virtue Young
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
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God Hath Herself Nature Need Sufficient Wise
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Acquaint First Know Order Ourselves Virtue
Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy!
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Behold Example Incest Love Scandal Seduction Simultaneously Sodomy
I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted,
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Deviation Doubt Mere Reason Stop Support Uproot Vanquish
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?
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Creaturem Thrown Decreed Flock Half Mankind Miserable Moment Mud Pile Prosecutor Surface
Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence.
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Balance Indulgence Pan Perfect Rather Routine Sex Symmetry
Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders.
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Beyond Border Entice Let Principle Share Zeal
So much nearer to Nature than civilized men are; absurd then to maintain cruelty is a consequence of depravity. . . .
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Absurd Civilize Consequence Depravity Maintain Cruelty Men Nature Nearer
Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice!
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Act Author Forget Inframie Naught Opinion Prejudice Qualified Sole
Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Demand Lust Militate Passion Serve Tyrannize
The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.
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Complete Every Majority Pop Respect Star
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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Comfort Disapprove Greatest Happiness Life More Source System
I want to be the victim of his errors.
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Error Victim Want

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