Marquis de Sade:

My manner of thinking, I own, is not for all the world. Few will like it. It is too bold. It will not submit to the curb of any established system, nor will it be bound by any known code. It is free, and it will be free.

— Marquis de Sade Contemporary

Writer, extreme libertine philosophy

Context

Justine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue

Date / Period

1791

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33716/33716-h/33716-h.htm

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