I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.
Marquis de SadeI don't know what the heart is, not I: I only use the word to denote the mind's frailties.
Marquis de SadeThey declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch.
Marquis de SadeIt is not the opinions or the vices of private individuals that are harmful to the State, but rather the behavior of public figures.
Marquis de Sade