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Marquis de Sade

Lust is to the other passions what the nervous fluid is to life it supports them all, lends strength to them all ambition, cruelty, avarice, revenge, are all founded on lust.

Marquis de Sade

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The author compares lust to a vital energy that fuels and empowers all other strong emotions and desires. He argues that ambition, cruelty, greed, and revenge all depend on this underlying force to exist and gain power.

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