Marquis De Sade – Kinksters' Quotes

It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure

quotemaster — Mon, 19 May 2014 06:00:07 +0000

It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.

Imagination, the spur of delights

quotemaster — Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:00:42 +0000

The imagination is the spur of delights … all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything; now, is it not by means of th e imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?

– Marquis De Sade

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The work of the imagination

quotemaster — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:00:13 +0000

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

– Marquis de Sade

http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/Happiness_is_ideal,_it_is_the_work_of_the_imagination./5508/

One must do violence

quotemaster — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:00:14 +0000

One must do violence to the object of one’s desire;
when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.

– Marquis De Sade

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/417776-one-must-do-violence-to-the-object-of-one-s-desire

de Sade on Beauty

quotemaster — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:00:12 +0000

When she’s abandoned her moral center and teachings…when she’s cast aside her facade of propriety and lady-like demeanor…when I have so corrupted this fragile thing and brought out a writhing, mewling, bucking, wanton whore for my enjoyment and pleasure…..enticing from within this feral lioness…growling and scratching and biting…taking everything I dish out to her…..at that moment she is never more beautiful to me.

– Marquis de Sade

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/232131-when-she-s-abandoned-her-moral-center-and-teachings-when-she-s-cast

Happiness

quotemaster — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:00:10 +0000

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

– Marquis De Sade, Juliette p. 317

Pain

quotemaster — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:00:15 +0000

There is no more lively sensation than that of pain; its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.

– Marquis De Sade