Perversion Quote by Philippe Lejeune

“the partner of his guilt, should be hurled from the pinnacle of unsullied virtue, down to the lowest abyss of infamy and degradation: in…

— John William Polidori

“Sadists of Mlle Vinteuil's sort are creatures so purely sentimental, so naturally virtuous, that even sensual pleasure appears to them as something bad, the…

— Marcel Proust

“Sadists’ of Mlle. Vinteuil’s sort are creatures so purely sentimental, so virtuous by nature, that even sensual pleasure appears to them as something bad,…

— Marcel Proust

“Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.”

— Idries Shah

“Oskar showed that virtue emerged where it would, and the sort of churchy observance bishops called for was not a guarantee of genuine humanity…

— Thomas Keneally

“She was staring at the low ceiling, and I had the feeling that there was another Severian there, the kind and even noble Severian…

— Gene Wolfe

“After such knowledge, what forgiveness? Think now History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors And issues, deceives with whispering ambitions, Guides us by vanities.…

— T.S. Eliot

“It is indeed a mortifying reflection to those who are actuated by the love of fame, so justly denominated the last infirmity of noble…

— David Hume

“Strive now to unite in yourself all the virtues of these different examples. Have the purity of virgins, the austerity of anchorites, the zeal…

— Pierre Abélard

“This recurred to his mind unceasingly. To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us. He was indistinctly…

— Victor Hugo

“These things sensibly affected Theseus, who, thinking it but just not to disregard, but rather partake of, the sufferings of his fellow citizens, offered…

— Plutarch

“We are not obliged to sound the Bishop of D—— on the score of orthodoxy. In the presence of such a soul we feel…

— Victor Hugo