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.
MARQUIS DE SADEThere 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.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto.
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Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
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Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
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Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them.
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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
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Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.
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The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him.
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At all times, in every century, every age, there has been such a connection between despotism and religion that it is infinitely apparent and demonstrated a thousand times over, that in destroying one, the other must be undermined.
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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I’ve been to Hell. You’ve only read about it.
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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.
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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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In libertinage, nothing is frightful, because everything libertinage suggests is also a natural inspiration.
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The idea of seeing another person experience the same pleasure reduces one to a kind of equality which spoils the unutterable charms that come from despotism.
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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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