Pregnancies are damaging to health, spoil the figure, wither the charms, and it’s the cloud of uncertainty forever hanging over these events that darkens a husband’s mood.
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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I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
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All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
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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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In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.
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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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A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking to suit other people!
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Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.
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What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act?
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If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws.
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If God permits virtue to be persecuted on earth, it is not for us to question his intentions. It may be that his rewards are held over for another life, for is it not true as written in Holy Scripture that the Lord chastenenth only the righteous! And after all, is not virtue it’s own reward?
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And if I were a naughty little boy, the idea is to spank me into good behavior?
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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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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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It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns
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I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted,
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