Vicomte De Valmont Quotes

“I shall possess this woman; I shall steal her from the husband who profanes her: I will even dare ravish her from the God whom she adores. What delight, to be in turns the object and the victor of her remorse! Far be it from me to destroy the prejudices which sway her mind! They will add to my happiness and my triumph. Let her believe in virtue, and sacrifice it to me; let the idea of falling terrify her, without preventing her fall; and may she, shaken by a thousand terrors, forget them, vanquish them only in my arms.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

“I am astonished at the pleasure one experiences in doing good; and I should be tempted to believe that what we call virtuous people have not so much merit as they lead us to suppose.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

“Will you, then, never grow weary of being unjust?”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses

“Certainly she must surrender but she must offer resistance; an opponent too weak to win but not too weak to put up a struggle.”
― Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons dangereuses