top of page
"Variety, multiplicity are the two most powerful vehicles of lust."
Standard
Customized
Exlpore more Desire quotes

"Politeness is a desire to be treated politely, and to be esteemed polite oneself."

"Without 'Gnan' (True Knowledge of the Self), desire(s) will not go away."

"Nothing prevents one from appearing natural as the desire to appear natural."

"Duty - that which sternly impels us in the direction of profit, along the line of desire."

"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."
Explore more quotes by Marquis de Sade

"To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell."

"So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public."

"My manner of thinking, so you say, cannot be approved. Do you suppose I care? A poor fool indeed is he who adopts a manner of thinking for others!"

"Woman's destiny is to be wanton, like the bitch, the she-wolf; she must belong to all who claim her."

"Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes."

"There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience."

"The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man."
bottom of page