Marquis de Sade Quotes

The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being who produces the impressions.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Another Frightful See
In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Acquaint First Know Order
Any enjoyment is weakened when shared.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Any Enjoyment Weekend
Beauty belongs to the sphere of the simple, the ordinary, whilst ugliness is something extraordinary, and there is no question but that every ardent imagination prefers in lubricity, the extraordinary to the commonplace
MARQUIS DE SADE

Ordinary Simply Ugliness
There is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Hath Sufficient
Can we become other than what we are?
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Become Other
I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Everything Interferred
The pleasure of the senses is always regulated in accordance with the imagination. Man can aspire to felicity only by serving all the whims of his imagination.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Accordance Regulate
Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.
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Gratify Imaginary None Procedure
The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
MARQUIS DE SADE

Fortunate Mean Most Satisfy Vagaries

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