Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what the other commands. Marquis de Sade 16
Lose Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his... Marquis de Sade 17
Opinion So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us... Marquis de Sade 12
Revenge Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life; it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge,... Marquis de Sade 14
Happiness Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual... Marquis de Sade 17