#marquis

Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will. Return to the nothingness from which the mad hope and ridiculous fright of men dared call you forth to their misfortune. You only appeared as a torment for the human race. What crimes would have been spared the world, if they had choked the first imbecile who thought of speaking of you. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#men

When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal. ↗

— Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

#fatal #heart #marquise-de-merteuil #revenge #revenge

Social order at the expense of liberty is hardly a bargain ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#liberty

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. ↗

— William Gilbert

#manners #marquis #methodist #morals