Quotes by Sade, Marquis De

Never may an act of possession be exercised upon a free being; the exc >>

Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion >>

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

Quotations about Hope

Hope is the dream of a soul awake. >>

Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth... >>

In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. >>

Hope is the most sensitive part of a poor wretch's soul; whoever raises it only to torment him is behaving like the executioners in Hell who, they say, incessantly renew old wounds and concentrate their attention on that area of it that is already lacerated.

Sade, Marquis De