You young maidens, too long constrained by a fanciful Virtue's absurd and dangerous bonds and by those of a disgusting religion, imitate the fiery Eugénie; be as quick as she to destroy, to spurn all those ridiculous precepts inculcated in you by imbecile parents.
— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

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From 'Philosophy in the Bedroom'

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1795

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