Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.
Writer, extreme libertine philosophy
Uncertain, often misattributed to Rousseau, but Sade used similar sentiments.
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"The universe is a chaos, and man is a part of that chaos."
Strange & Unusual"Is your God so illusory that the presence of my Devil reveals his insufficiency?"
Humorous"The greatest pleasure of all is to corrupt others."
Strange & Unusual"The laws vainly try to talk virtue to the mass, but it's just talk. The people who make the laws are really too biased towards evil and never carry out their fine talk -- they merely make a stab at it…"
Humorous"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."
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