One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants. Marquis de Sade More Quotes by Marquis de Sade More Quotes From Marquis de Sade Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime? Marquis de Sade punishment criminals law The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man. Marquis de Sade men philosophy moving Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those who prove to be the most adroit killers? Marquis de Sade technique war peace It is certainly no crime to depict the bizarre ideas that nature inspires. Marquis de Sade crime inspire ideas At all times, in every century, every age, there has been such a connection between despotism and religion that it is infinitely apparent and demonstrated a thousand times over, that in destroying one, the other must be undermined, for the simple reason that the first will always put the law into the service of the second. Marquis de Sade simple age law Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the executioners in Hell who, they say, incessantly renew old wounds and concentrate their attention on that area of it that is already lacerated. Marquis de Sade old-wounds soul hope I want to be the victim of his errors. Marquis de Sade errors victim want They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. Marquis de Sade passion philosophy thinking Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires. Marquis de Sade nature law perfect You are afraid of the people unrestrained-how ridiculous! Marquis de Sade ridiculous people 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 wickedness finals men The mirror sees the man as beautiful, the mirror loves the man; another mirror sees the man as frightful and hates him; and it is always the same being who produces the impressions. Marquis de Sade hate beautiful men I have supported my deviations with reasons; I did not stop at mere doubt; I have vanquished, I have uprooted, I have destroyed everything in my heart that might have interfered with my pleasure. Marquis de Sade doubt might art It is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures. Marquis de Sade atheism opinion vices The mechanism that directs government cannot be virtuous, because it is impossible to thwart every crime, to protect oneself from every criminal without being criminal too; that which directs corrupt mankind must be corrupt itself; and it will never be by means of virtue, virtue being inert and passive, that you will maintain control over vice, which is ever active: the governor must be more energetic than the governed. Marquis de Sade government vices mean The primary and most beautiful of Nature's qualities is motion, which agitates her at all times, but this motion is simply a perpetual consequence of crimes, she conserves it by means of crimes only. Marquis de Sade nature change beautiful Consider the problem from the point of view of evil, evil being almost always pleasure's true and major charm; considered thus, the crime must appear greater when perpetrated upon a being of your identical sort than when inflicted upon one which is not, and this once established, the delight automatically doubles. Marquis de Sade honesty light truth Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experience, and experience is only acquired by the exercise of the senses . . . Marquis de Sade outcomes principles exercise What is more immoral than war? Marquis de Sade immoral war peace I don't know what the heart is, not I: I only use the word to denote the mind's frailties. Marquis de Sade use mind heart
