What we are doing here is only the image of what we would like to do. Marquis de Sade More Quotes by Marquis de Sade More Quotes From Marquis de Sade 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 madtwobelieve Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. Marquis de Sade warpeaceorder 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 fatecuttinglying 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 progressgirlvices 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 destructionenergygiving 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 halfevillittles Love Is Stronger Than Pride Marquis de Sade prideloveromantic 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 degradationhorrormarriage Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto. Marquis de Sade mysterypleasureadd The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. Marquis de Sade joyhappinessmean 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 soleprejudiceopinion 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-everythingsacrificemen 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 lightjoyhappiness Sex without pain is like food without taste Marquis de Sade paintastesex The impossibility of outraging nature is the greatest anguish man can know. Marquis de Sade anguishknowsmen Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination. Marquis de Sade vivid-imaginationwild-imaginationhappiness Sensual excess drives out pity in man. Marquis de Sade excesssensualmen Let not your zeal to share your principles entice you beyond your borders. Marquis de Sade principleswarpeace The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable. Marquis de Sade laughingmenenemy
