Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires.

Quote by Marquis De Sade

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The heart deceives, because it is never anything but the expression of the minds miscalculations...

The heart deceives, because it is never anything but the expression of the minds miscalculations...

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what...

Nature has not got two voices, you know, one of them condemning all day what...

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode...

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode...

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and...

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and...

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.

One weeps not save when one is afraid, and that is why kings are tyrants.

No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer...

No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer...

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown...

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown...

Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to...

Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to...