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Quotes from Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue — Marquis de Sade

1740–1814 France

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Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?

Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1787)

Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power.

Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1787)

...there is a sum of evil equal to the sum of good, the continuing equilibrium of the world requires that there be as many good people as wicked people...

Justine or The Misfortunes of Virtue (1787)

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