Marquis de Sade Quotes (7 quotations)
1. ... and thereof do I repent: I only plucked an occasional flower when I might have gathered an ample harvest of fruit - such are the just grounds for the regrets I have ... - Marquis de Sade
2. A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others! - Marquis de Sade
3. Has not Nature proved, in giving us the strength necessary to submit them to our desires, that we have the right to do so? - Marquis de Sade
4. Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. - Marquis de Sade
5. To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell. - Marquis de Sade
6. Will it not be felt that Virtue, however beautiful, becomes the worst of all attitudes when it is found too feeble to contend with Vice... - Marquis de Sade
7. You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of, is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness - - it means more to me than my life itself. - Marquis de Sade
2. A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking (meant) for others! - Marquis de Sade
3. Has not Nature proved, in giving us the strength necessary to submit them to our desires, that we have the right to do so? - Marquis de Sade
4. Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain. - Marquis de Sade
5. To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell. - Marquis de Sade
6. Will it not be felt that Virtue, however beautiful, becomes the worst of all attitudes when it is found too feeble to contend with Vice... - Marquis de Sade
7. You say that my way of thinking cannot be tolerated? What of it? The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool. My way of thinking is the result of my reflections. It is part of my inner being, the way I am made. I do not contradict them, and would not even if I wished to. For my system, which you disapprove of, is also my greatest comfort in life, the source of all my happiness - - it means more to me than my life itself. - Marquis de Sade
