Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Marquis de Sade

Marquis de Sade


Marquis de Sade -
- Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain.

Marquis de Sade - Justine
- 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 -
- 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 -
- 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 - Aline et Valcour
- Has not Nature proved, in giving us the strength necessary to submit them to our desires, that we have the right to do so?