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?
MARQUIS DE SADENever may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exclusive possession of a woman is no less unjust than the possession of slaves.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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The majority of pop stars are complete idiots in every respect.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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What I should like to find is a crime the effects of which would be perpetual, even when I myself do not act, so that there would not be a single moment of my life even when I were asleep.
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We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves.
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Cruelty is simply the energy in a man civilization has not yet altogether corrupted: therefore it is a virtue, not a vice.
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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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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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Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy!
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I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
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The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
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I’ve been to Hell. You’ve only read about 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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Don’t have children: they deform women’s bodies and turn into an enemy 20 years later.
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Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands.
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