Author: Marquis de Sade

Quotes

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

- Marquis de Sade

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

- Marquis de Sade

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

- Marquis de Sade

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

- Marquis de Sade

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

- Marquis de Sade

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

'Til the infallibility of human judgements shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.

- Marquis de Sade

Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.

Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.

- Marquis de Sade

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