Marquis De Sade

Marquis De Sade

02-Jun-1740


France


Novelist

Donatien Alphonse Francois, Marquis de Sade was a French writer, philosopher, powerful politician and respected man who was respected for his liberal sex. Sade was born into a respectable family and although he wrote many books during his lifetime, he was notorious for engaging in sexual misconduct that included various forms of torture, slavery, and bestiality, which led to his arrest in 1778. His sexual misconduct eventually gave rise to the word ‘Sadism’ in English, meaning “a tendency to enjoy pleasure, especially sexual gratification, to hurt others, to suffer, or to be embarrassed.” Sade spent almost two decades in prison and 12 years in solitary confinement; yet it was during his time in prison that he wrote extensively. Much of her work has been about sex, sexual fantasies, and pornography. Some of Sade's best-known works include 'Juliette', '120 Days of Sodom', 'Justine' and 'Bedroom Philosophy'. Sade was convicted of felony criminal mischief and sentenced to life in prison. Sade has had a lot of controversy but remains an interesting character to this day. We have examined his works and writings to find quotations from Marquis de Sade. Here is a collection of quotes from Marquis de Sade that will give you an idea of ​​his twisted mind.

QUOTES BY Marquis De Sade


Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change.

My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!

It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure

Fuck! Is one expected to be a gentleman when one is stiff?

In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice.

We are no guiltier in following the primative impulses that govern us than is the Nile for her floods or the sea for her waves.

Sexual pleasure is, I agree, a passion to which all others are subordinate but in which they all unite.

What does one want when one is engaged in the sexual act? That everything around you give you its utter attention, think only of you, care only for you...every man wants to be a tyrant when he fornicates.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

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