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Marquis De Sade Quotes

... there is a sum of evil equal to the sum of good, the continuing equilibrium of the world requires that there be as many good people as wicked people Picture Quote #1

Woman’s destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she wolf; she must belong to all who claim her Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way Picture Quote #1

I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure Picture Quote #1

I am about to put foward some major ideas; they will be heard and pondered. If not all of them please, surely a few will; in some sort, then, I shall have contributed to the progress of our age, and shall be content Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses Picture Quote #1

Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear Picture Quote #1

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed? Picture Quote #1

I’ve already told you: the only way to a woman’s heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure Picture Quote #1

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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others Picture Quote #1

Man’s natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes Picture Quote #1

Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires Picture Quote #1

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public Picture Quote #1

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They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch Picture Quote #1

Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity Picture Quote #1

For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is over, there’s an end to it: his annihilation is final and entire, of him nothing survives Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

Dread not infanticide; the crime is imaginary: we are always mistress of what we carry in our womb, and we do no more harm in destroying this kind of matter than in evacuating another, by medicines, when we feel the need Picture Quote #1

Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. 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 Picture Quote #1

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Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice! Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Nature has endowed each of us with a capacity for kindly feelings: let us not squander them on others Picture Quote #1

Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite Picture Quote #1

What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act? That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you... every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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... there is a sum of evil equal to the sum of good, the continuing equilibrium of the world requires that there be as many good people as wicked people (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Woman’s destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she wolf; she must belong to all who claim her (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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 (Marquis De Sade Quotes) The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way (Marquis De Sade Quotes) I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure (Marquis De Sade Quotes) I am about to put foward some major ideas; they will be heard and pondered. If not all of them please, surely a few will; in some sort, then, I shall have contributed to the progress of our age, and shall be content (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Are not laws dangerous which inhibit the passions? Compare the centuries of anarchy with those of the strongest legalism in any country you like and you will see that it is only when the laws are silent that the greatest actions appear (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed? (Marquis De Sade Quotes) I’ve already told you: the only way to a woman’s heart is along the path of torment. I know none other as sure (Marquis De Sade Quotes) It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Man’s natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires (Marquis De Sade Quotes) One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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 (Marquis De Sade Quotes) So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public (Marquis De Sade Quotes) They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity (Marquis De Sade Quotes) For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once his life is over, there’s an end to it: his annihilation is final and entire, of him nothing survives (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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? (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Dread not infanticide; the crime is imaginary: we are always mistress of what we carry in our womb, and we do no more harm in destroying this kind of matter than in evacuating another, by medicines, when we feel the need (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Do not breed. Nothing gives less pleasure than childbearing. 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 Sade Quotes) Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice! (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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 (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Nature has endowed each of us with a capacity for kindly feelings: let us not squander them on others (Marquis De Sade Quotes) Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite (Marquis De Sade Quotes) What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act? That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you... every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates (Marquis De Sade Quotes) 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 Quotes)

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