Quotes by : Marquis de Sade

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.

Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they....

Are your convictions so fragile that mine cannot stand in opposition to them? Is your God so illusory....

Believe me, Eugenie, the words "vice" and "virtue" supply us only with local meanings. There is no action,....

He, being hacked and cut for three solid quarters of an hour by the vigorous hands that had taken charge....

When a man loves a woman, as our old troubadours used to say, even if he has heard or seen something....

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

To lie is always a necessity for women; above all when they choose to deceive, falsehood becomes vital....

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.