# What I was pondering while reading Sade quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009 "2013-04-06T13:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MrPestus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MrPestus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPestus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/1 "2013-04-06T13:03:21Z")
I was reading quotes from the Marquis De Sade while I was working and it ocured to me that I find the man’s nature repugnant , but his intellect was a well maintained and sharpened tool. I admire his intellect so much, that I find myself using his quotes out of context. I disagree with the death penalty so I use his quote, that he uses to save his own butt, “Til the infallibility of human judgement shall have been proved to me, I shall demand the abolition of the penalty of death.” He made this statement because he was a prime candidate for said punishment in eyes of his government, until his wife had him committed for being, well, Sadistic. He has many more quotes that fuel this ambivalent feeling I have towards him. Has anyone here experienced a situation such as this? If you have it would be my pleasure to read about it. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/2 "2013-04-06T15:37:47Z")
Huh. I was half-expecting questions about “Diamond Life.” “Coast to coast, LA to Chicago…” ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/3 "2013-04-06T15:57:24Z")
> [@MrPestus](#): > > …but his intellect was a well maintained and **sharpened tool**. Emphasis mine. Interesting choice of words to describe the Marquis De Sade. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrPestus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MrPestus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPestus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/4 "2013-04-07T15:06:15Z")
Indeed, I’m sure it lent to how creative he was. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/5 "2013-04-07T15:24:32Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Huh. I was half-expecting questions about “Diamond Life.” > > “Coast to coast, LA to Chicago…” +1 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/6 "2013-04-07T21:19:25Z")
> [@Nametag](#): > > Huh. I was half-expecting questions about “Diamond Life.” > > “Coast to coast, LA to Chicago…” Yeah, I was all set for the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![MrPestus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MrPestus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPestus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/7 "2013-04-11T12:44:07Z")
Well shucks. I was hoping to attract people who were interested in sharing stories about finding admirable qualities in a person whose character is, at best, questionable. Maybe later huh? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/8 "2013-04-11T12:49:10Z")
Do you know who ELSE some people find admirable qualities in? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrPestus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e79b87/32.png) [@MrPestus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPestus)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/9 "2013-04-12T13:09:32Z")
I’m biting down on that one. :eek:WHO? ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-was-pondering-while-reading-sade-quotes/655009/10 "2013-04-14T03:00:53Z")
Lots of brilliance from people with morally questionable behavior. The Declaration of Independence, for instance.