Sensual excess drives out pity in man.
Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful.
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.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
