“Madame de Merteuil, though indeed a woman highly regarded, has perhaps only one fault: she overestimates her ability; she's a skilful driver who enjoys guiding her chariot between rocks and precipices and whose sole justification is that she remains unscathed.… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues,… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
“I perceive your lovers purely as the successors of Alexander the Great, incompetent joint rulers of an empire where I once ruled supreme.” — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must please in order to be preferred to him, and if… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
I can see that you're in love, but only in a very narrow sense. It's the love of someone that finds charms and qualities… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives. — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Copy Share Image
There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire. — Pierre Choderlos De Laclos Copy Share Image
