Marquis de Sade:

The only true morality is to live according to one's own desires.

— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

Context

Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue

Date / Period

1791

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64790/64790-h/64790-h.htm

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