Crime is the soul of lust. What would pleasure be if it were not accompanied by crime? It is not the object of debauchery that excites us, rather the idea of evil.
— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

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From 'The 120 Days of Sodom and other writings'

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1785 (approx.)

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Controversial

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