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> [I imagine that the goddess of Love has come down from Olympus to visit a mortal. So as not to die of cold in this modern world of ours, she wraps her sublime body in great heavy furs and warms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/i-imagine-that-the-goddess-of-love-has-come-down-from-olympus-to/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

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> [“You are cold, while you yourself fan flames. By all means wrap yourself in your despotic furs, there is no one to whom they are more appropriate, cruel goddess of love and of beauty”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/you-are-cold-while-you-yourself-fan-flames-by-all-means-wrap-yourself/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

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## More by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

> [It is merely the egoism of the man, who wants to bury a woman like a treasure. All attempts at using vows, contracts, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/it-is-merely-the-egoism-of-the-man-who-wants-to-bury-a-woman-like-a/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [Every woman has the instinct, the propensity to profit from her charms, and there's a lot to be said for giving oneself without love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/every-woman-has-the-instinct-the-propensity-to-profit-from-her-charms/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/whoever-allows-himself-to-be-whipped-deserves-to-be-whipped/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [“The real comic muse is the one underwhose laughing mask tears roll down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/the-real-comic-muse-is-the-one-underwhose-laughing-mask-tears-roll/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/be-then-my-slave-and-know-what-it-means-to-be-delivered-into-the/)

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> [Man is the one who desires, woman the one who is desired. This is woman's entire but decisive advantage. Through man's passions, nature has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/man-is-the-one-who-desires-woman-the-one-who-is-desired-this-is-woman/)

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> [I saw sensuality as sacred, indeed the only sacredness, I saw woman and her beauty as divine since her calling is the most important…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/i-saw-sensuality-as-sacred-indeed-the-only-sacredness-i-saw-woman-and/)

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> [“Yes, I am cruel—since you take so much delight in that word-and am I not entitled to be so? Man is the one who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/yes-i-am-cruel-since-you-take-so-much-delight-in-that-word-and-am-i/)

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> [“Place thy foot upon thy slave, Oh thou, half of hell, half of dreams; Among the shadows, dark and grave, Thy extended body softly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/place-thy-foot-upon-thy-slave-oh-thou-half-of-hell-half-of-dreams/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [“All about us the earth steamed; mists rose up toward heaven like clouds of incense; a shattered rainbow still hovered in the air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/all-about-us-the-earth-steamed-mists-rose-up-toward-heaven-like/)

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> [“Why not?" she said, "and take note of what I am about to say to you. Never feel secure with the woman you love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/why-not-she-said-and-take-note-of-what-i-am-about-to-say-to-you-never/)

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> [People who want to live like Olympian gods must have slaves whom they throw into their fishponds and gladiators who fight during their masters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/people-who-want-to-live-like-olympian-gods-must-have-slaves-whom-they/)

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> [Cats exercise... a magic influence upon highly developed men of intellect. This is why these long-tailed Graces of the animal kingdom, these adorable, scintillating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/cats-exercise-a-magic-influence-upon-highly-developed-men-of/)

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> [The true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/the-true-comic-muse-is-the-one-with-tears-running-down-under-her/)

[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/)

> [“The individual who rebels against the arrangements of society is ostracized, branded, stoned. So be it. I am willing to take the risk; my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/the-individual-who-rebels-against-the-arrangements-of-society-is/)

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