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One must do violence to the object of one's desire when it surrenders, the pleasure is greater.
Marquis de Sade
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Marquis de Sade
Age: 74 †
Born: 1740
Born: June 2
Died: 1814
Died: December 2
Novelist
Philosopher
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France
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Marquis De Sade
Donatien Alphonse François Sade
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