Even those that are not frightful, and there is not one amongst them all that cannot be demonstrated within the boundaries of nature.
MARQUIS DE SADEAny enjoyment is weakened when shared.
More Marquis de Sade Quotes
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What we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do.
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The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
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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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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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It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.
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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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Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way.
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Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
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So much nearer to Nature than civilized men are; absurd then to maintain cruelty is a consequence of depravity. . . .
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Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature’s mandates.
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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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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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There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship.
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If Nature denies eternity to beings, it follows that their destruction is one of her laws.
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Certain souls seem hard because they are capable of strong feelings, and they sometimes go to rather extreme lengths; their apparent unconcern and cruelty are but ways, known only to themselves, of feeling more strongly than others.
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