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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch Quotes: The struggle of the spirit against the senses is the gospel of modern man. I do not wish to have any part in it.
         

The struggle of the spirit against the senses is the gospel of modern man. I do not wish to have any part in it.


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You modern men, you children of reason, cannot begin to appreciate love as pure bliss and divine serenity.

You modern men, you children of reason, cannot begin to appreciate love as pure bliss and divine serenity.



You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors.

You know how to paint pleasure, cruelty, arrogance in glowing colors.



You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood.

You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood.



Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think.

Never feel safe with the woman you love, for a woman's nature conceals more dangers than you think.



Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.

Be then my slave, and know what it means to be delivered into the hands of a woman.



Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

Whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.



A real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone.

A real apple is more beautiful than a painted one, and a live woman is more beautiful than a Venus of stone.



The person who doesn't know how to subjugate will all too quickly feel the other's foot on the nape of his neck.

The person who doesn't know how to subjugate will all too quickly feel the other's foot on the nape of his neck.



Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason.

Love knows no virtue, no merit; it loves and forgives and tolerates everything because it must. We are not guided by reason.



Desire followed the glance, pleasure followed desire

Desire followed the glance, pleasure followed desire





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On data: We are the drivers, not the driven.

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When I was 20 and ran my first race, I told myself I don't know how I'm going to do this for a living. I don't have the money to do it. But it is what I want to do.

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I started, me by myself, found a great co-founder, got up to 95 people, and then it ended with me by myself again.

I started, me by myself, found a great co-founder, got up to 95 people, and then it ended with me by myself again.



If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.



He makes a solitude, and calls it - peace!

He makes a solitude, and calls it - peace!



Do not listen to those who say there is nothing you can do to the very real and large social and environmental issues of our time.

Do not listen to those who say there is nothing you can do to the very real and large social and environmental issues of our time.



Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.

Mankind must be positively and constructively wary of mankind, of their fellow man, of their families, of the members of their faith community, of their fellow-citizens.



From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.

From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.




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