Any Enjoyment Is Weakened When

What Is More Immoral Than War?

The Primary And Most Beautiful Of Nature's Qualities Is Motion, Which Agitates Her At All Times, But This Motion Is Simply A Perpetual Consequence Of Crimes, She Conserves It By Means Of Crimes Only.

One Must Do Violence To The Object Of One's Desire; When It Surrenders, The Pleasure Is Greater.

Destruction, Hence, Like Creation, Is One Of Nature's Mandates.

So Long As The Laws Remain Such As They Are Today, Employ Some Discretion: Loud Opinion Forces Us To Do So; But In Privacy And Silence Let Us Compensate Ourselves For That Cruel Chastity We Are Obliged To Display In Public.