If it is the dirty element that gives pleasure to the act of lust, then the dirtier it is, the more pleasurable it is bound to be.
— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

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From 'The 120 Days of Sodom'

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1785

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Controversial

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