Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. ✨ Marquis de Sa…

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Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. ✨ Marquis de Sade (1993). The Crimes of Love: 3 Novellas, Bantam Classics
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Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. ✨ Marquis de Sade (1993). The Crimes of Love: 3 Novellas, Bantam Classics

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