It is merely the egoism of the man, who wants to bury a woman like a treasure. All attempts at using vows,… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“The real comic muse is the one underwhose laughing mask tears roll down.” — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“All about us the earth steamed; mists rose up toward heaven like clouds of incense; a shattered rainbow still hovered in the… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
People who want to live like Olympian gods must have slaves whom they throw into their fishponds and gladiators who fight during… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Cats exercise... a magic influence upon highly developed men of intellect. This is why these long-tailed Graces of the animal kingdom, these… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
The true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“You of the North in general take love too soberly and seriously. You talk of duties where there should be only a… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
If I can't enjoy the full and total happiness of love, then I want to drain its torments, its tortures to the… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“She had wrapped her marble-like body in a huge fur, and rolled herself up trembling like a cat.” — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
I love her passionately with a morbid intensity; madly as one can only love a woman who never responds to our love… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
I imagine that the goddess of Love has come down from Olympus to visit a mortal. So as not to die of… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
You cannot deny that love lasts for only a brief moment, uniting two beings as a single being that is capable of… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
My husband's personality was filled with serenity and sunlight. Not even the incurable illness which fell upon him soon after our marriage… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Nature admits of no permanence in the relation between man and woman. It is only man's egoism that wants to keep woman… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“Woman's power lies in man's passion, and she knows how to use it, if man doesn't understand himself. He has only one… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
A real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“You look at love, and especially woman, as something hostile, something against which you put up a defense, even if unsuccessfully. You… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
“Dangerous forces lie within me. You awaken them, and not to your advantage. You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Copy Share Image
