Justine (1791) (edit title/settings)

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• Therese: Add a description of this character.
• Monsieur De Corville
• Madame De Lorsange
• Dubois
• Rodin
• Roland
• Rosalie
• Dom Severino
• Omphale
• Clement
• Juliette
• Armande
• Justine
• Antonin
• Suzanne
• Dubreuil
• Rombeau
• Julien
• Mademoiselle
• Monsieur Du Harpin
• La Rose
• Octavie
• Cardoville
• Eulalie
• Bondy
• Madame De Gernande
• Monsieur De Gernande
• Jerome
• Valbois
• Bertrand
• Jasmin

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• “But they only had strength to admire what stood before them, for the empire of beauty commands respect even in the most wicked and profligate of men - who cannot violate it without experiencing remorse.”

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• God, you see, presupposes a creation—a time when there was nothing, or when all was chaos. Now, if either of these states was bad why did your God permit it to exist; if it was good, why did he change it; if everything is now good what else can your God do; if he is useless can he be powerful; if nature moves by itself, what use the mover? Observe how these contradictory reasons destroy one another!

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• What society calls its interest is nothing but a mass of private interests put together.

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• Virtue is not an absolute entity. It is nothing but a rule for conducting oneself, varying with each climate.

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• moral feelings are always false; the only real feelings worth bothering about are physical ones.

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• An honest deed almost brought you to the gallows, a crime saved you from it.

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• How can you convince me that a virtue which suppresses natural emotions is good.

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• Filled with the will for power, the voices of virtue forge irons in which to chain men.

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• Therese, either your God is rich or impotent! Understand, my child, that if your God puts us in a situation where evil is necessary and at the same time gives us the ability to perform it, it is evident that your God gains as much from the one as the other!”

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• Consequently, the most perfect being is the one whose activity causes the most change.

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• For the power of destroying matter is not granted to man; the most he can do is but vary its forms. And since every form is equal in the eyes of nature nothing is lost in changing them. Change continues her power and maintains her kinetic energy . . . Ah! what does it matter to her ever-creating womb if today matter is flesh and tomorrow worms!

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Heaven
• Providence
• Paris
• Grenoble
• France
• Monseigneur
• Lyon

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by The Adventures of Caleb Williams, and followed by Vathek.

Preceded by American Psycho, and followed by Perfume.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Marquis de Sade (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 813

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Deadly Sanctuary (IMDb): 1969
• Justine de Sade (IMDb): 1972