- Marquis de Sade
(06/02/1740 – 12/02/1814)
French writer
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"Miserable creatures, thrown for a moment on the surface of this little pile of mud, is it decreed that one half of the flock should be the persecutor of the other? Is it for you, mankind, to pronounce on what is good and what is evil?"
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"One thing I am determined on is that by the time I die my brain shall weigh as much as a man's if study and learning can make it so."
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"If your friend says of some picture, 'Yes, but what does it mean?' ask him what his carpet means or the circular patterns on his shoes."
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"Far too many [of the books entered for the 1977 Booker Prize] relied on the classic formula of a beginning, a muddle, and an end."
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"So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning."
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"The people who fear humor—and there are many—are suspicious of its power to present things in unexpected lights to question received opinions and to suggest unforeseen possibilities."
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"The difference between playing the stock market and the horses is that one of the horses must win."
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| Died 12/01 | Died 12/02 | Died 12/03 | Death Dates |