Kat

“The art of war is the art of deception.”
― Sun Tzu

“Nothing quite encourages as does one's first unpunished crime.”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom

“Coming from a business family, she shied away from abstractions.”
― Stephen L. Carter, The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

“From an early age I set myself above the monstrous fantasies of religion, being perfectly convinced that the existence of the creator is a revolting absurdity in which not even children believe any more; there is no need for me to restrain my tastes in order to please Him, it is from Nature that I received these tastes, and I should offend her by resisting them – if they are wicked, it is because they serve her purposes. In her hands I am nothing but a machine for her to operate as she wishes, and there is not a single one of my crimes that fails to serve her; the greater her need, the more she spurs me on – I should be a fool to resist her. Only the law stands in my way, but I defy it – my gold and my influence place me beyond the reach of those crude scales meant only for the common people.”
― Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom: A Classic of Extreme French Literature