There are,' said Curval, 'but two or three crimes to perform in this world, and they, once done, there's no more to be said; all the rest is inferior, you cease any longer to feel.
— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

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Late 18th century (approx.)

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