It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
MARQUIS DE SADE
Now I beg of you to tell me whether I must love a human being simply because he exists or resembles me and whether for those reasons alone I must suddenly prefer him to myself?
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
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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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What is more immoral than war?
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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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Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
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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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The rivers of blood are flowing beneath our feet… Ive been to hell, young man, youve only read about it.
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I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it.
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There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
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Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
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Lust’s passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.
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Sex is as important as eating or drinking and we ought to allow the one appetite to be satisfied with as little restraint or false modesty as the other.
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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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Cruelty, very far from being a vice, is the first sentiment Nature injects in us all.
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