Wolves which batten upon lambs, lambs consumed by wolves, the strong who immolate the weak, the weak victims of the strong: there you have Nature, there you have her intentions, there you have her scheme: a perpetual action and reaction, a host of vices, a host of virtues, in one word, a perfect equilibrium resulting from the equality of good and evil on earth.
Marquis de SadeNature has endowed each of us with a capacity for kindly feelings: let us not squander them on others.
Marquis de SadeThere is no God, Nature sufficeth unto herself; in no wise hath she need of an author.
Marquis de Sade