All Pierre Choderlos de Laclos Quotes
- Revenge is a dish that is best served cold. Best
- La vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid Est Un
- One must not permit oneself excesses, except with persons whom one wishes soon to leave. Except
- Cast between the extremes of happiness and misfortune, uncertainty is a cruel torment. Cast
- I assure you that the world is not so amusing as we imagined. Amusing
- 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 you… Avoid
- Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and… Live
- 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 in… Abusing
- Humanity is not perfect in any fashion; no more in the case of evil than in that of good. The criminal has his virtues, just… Any
- When one woman strikes at the heart of another, she seldom misses, and the wound is invariably fatal. Fatal
- A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives. Enjoy
- Marquise de Merteuil: I've distilled every thing to one single principle: win or die. Die
- It has become necessary for me to have this woman, so as to save myself from the ridicule of being in love with her: for… Become Necessary
- How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach. Characteristic
- You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil. Conquer
- I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love. Inspirational
- Don't you remember that love, like medicine, is only the art of encouraging nature? Art
- ...it is not for the illusion of a moment to govern the choice of a lifetime. Choice
- I willingly allow that money does not guarantee happiness; but it must also be allowed that it makes happiness a great deal easier to achieve. Achieve
- It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more… Confirmed
- I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom… Add
- I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have… Astonished
- All publicity is good publicity. All
- There is no woman in the world who does not abuse the power she has been able to acquire. Able