The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes read more

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural.

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

We can do no great things; only small things with great love.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

To love another person is to see the face of God.