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 nothing survives. Marquis de Sade More Quotes by Marquis de Sade More Quotes From Marquis de Sade 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, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted. Marquis de Sade punishment eye humanity Anything beyond the limits and grasp of the human mind is either illusion or futility; and because your god having to be one or the other of the two, in the first instance I should be mad to believe in him, and in the second a fool. Marquis de Sade mad two believe Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. Marquis de Sade war peace order Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them. Marquis de Sade fate cutting lying I've been to Hell. You've only read about it. Marquis de Sade hell Here am I: at one stroke incestuous, adulteress, sodomite, and all that in a girl who only lost her maidenhead today! What progress, my friends with what rapidity I advance along the thorny road of vice! Marquis de Sade progress girl vices Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power. Marquis de Sade destruction energy giving Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil? Marquis de Sade half evil littles Love Is Stronger Than Pride Marquis de Sade pride love romantic The horror of wedlock, the most appalling, the most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised for its own discomfort and degradation. Marquis de Sade degradation horror marriage Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto. Marquis de Sade mystery pleasure add The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. Marquis de Sade joy happiness mean Prejudice is the sole author of infamies: how many acts are so qualified by an opinion forged out of naught but prejudice! Marquis de Sade sole prejudice opinion It is only by enlarging the scope of one’s tastes and one’s fantasies, by sacrificing everything to pleasure, that the unfortunate individual called Man, thrown despite himself into this sad world, can succeed in gathering a few roses among life’s thorns Marquis de Sade sacrificing-everything sacrifice men The degradation which characterizes the state into which you plunge him by punishing him pleases, amuses, and delights him. Deep down he enjoys having gone so far as to deserve being treated in such a way. Marquis de Sade light joy happiness Sex without pain is like food without taste Marquis de Sade pain taste sex The impossibility of outraging nature is the greatest anguish man can know. Marquis de Sade anguish knows men Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. Marquis de Sade vivid-imagination wild-imagination happiness Sensual excess drives out pity in man. Marquis de Sade excess sensual men Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders. Marquis de Sade principles war peace
