Yes, I am a libertine, I admit it freely. I have dreamed of doing everything that it is possible to dream of in that line. But I have certainly not done all the things I have dreamt of and never shall. Libertine I may be, but I am not a criminal, I am not a murderer.
— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

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Letter to his wife

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Late 18th century (approx.)

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