We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us …

Marquis de Sade
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We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves. ✨ Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). The 120 days of Sodom and other writings, Grove Pr
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If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be. ✨ Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). The 120 days of Sodom a … ▶
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. ✨ marquis de Sade (1988). Juliette, Grove Press
It requires only two things to win credit for a miracle: a mountebank and a number of silly women. ✨ marquis de Sade (1927). Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Man
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, … ▶
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

We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves. ✨ Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). The 120 days of Sodom and other writings, Grove Pr

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