Marquis de Sade Quotes


The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.


Citations

Sade, Marquis de. The 120 Days of Sodom and Other Writings. Translated by Austryn Wainhouse and Richard Seaver, Grove Press, 1966.

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Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
  • Born: June 2, 1740
  • Died: December 2, 1814
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Novelist

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. He was a proponent of absolute freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion, or law. The words sadism and sadist are derived in reference to the works of fiction he wrote which portrayed numerous acts of sexual cruelty.