Source: Letters from prison
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Famous Marquis de Sade Quotes
Source: The 120 days of Sodom and other writings
“It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”
Source: Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel
“Lust's passion will be served; it demands, it militates, it tyrannizes.”
“In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.”
“It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.”