Quotes by Sade, Marquis De

Every principle is a judgment, every judgment the outcome of experienc >>

So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discret >>

Dread not infanticide; the crime is imaginary: we are always mistress >>

Quotations about Punishment

Well, there's no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of so >>

Many without punishment, none without sin. >>

If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. >>

Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.

Sade, Marquis De