It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. ✨ Marquis de Sade…

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It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. ✨ Marquis de Sade Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel, Library of Alexandria
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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 noth … ▶
The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sha … ▶
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Your service will be arduous, it will be painful and rigorous, and the slightest delinquencies will be requited immediately with corporal and afflicting punishments; hence, I must recommend to you pr … ▶
One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. ✨ Marquis de Sade Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel, Library of Alexandria

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