Marquis de Sade:

Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.

— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

From 'Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings'

1791 (approx.)

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