"Man is the one who desires, woman the……" — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
"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 given man into woman's hands, and the woman who does not know how to make him her subject, her slave, her toy, and how to betray him with a smile in the end is not wise."
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
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Every man--I know this--turns weak, pliant, ridiculous as soon as he's in love.
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I saw sensuality as sacred, indeed the only sacredness, I saw woman and her beauty as divine since her calling…
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If I can't enjoy the full and total happiness of love, then I want to drain its torments, its tortures…
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Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think.
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Despite all the progress of civilization, women have remained exactly as they emerged from the hand of Nature.
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