...for although we may fully respect our social conventions...it may unfortunately happen that , through the perversity of others we encounter only the thorns of life, whilst the wicked gather nothing but roses.

will it not be said that virtue, however fair she may be, becomes the worst cause one can espouse... when she has grown so weak that she cannot struggle against vice? ”

- La Nouvelle Justine ou les Malheurs de la vertu, suivie de l'histoire de Juliette

Autor: Marquis de Sade