Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies onl…

Marquis de Sade
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Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them. ✨ The 120 days of Sodom and other writings.
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