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Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.

Happiness lies only in that which excites, and the only thing that excites is crime.

Marquis de Sade
Lying, Crime
Sade (marquis de), Marquis de Sade (1987). “The 120 days of Sodom and other writings”, Grove Pr

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
Happiness, Lying, Organization
marquis de Sade (1988). “Juliette”, Grove Press

Virtue can procure only an imaginary happiness; true felicity lies only in the senses, and virtue gratifies none of them.

Marquis de Sade
Lying, True Happiness, Virtue
"The 120 days of Sodom and other writings".

Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.

Marquis de Sade
Lying, Mean, Men
marquis de Sade (1988). “Juliette”, Grove Press

Thread of their days without pity, and in the midst of life, without ever concerning themselves with this fatal moment, living as though they were to exist for ever, they disappear into the obscure cloud of immortality, uncertain of the fate which lies in store for them.

Marquis de Sade
Lying, Fate, Cutting
"Eugénie de Franval".

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