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marquis de

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The key to understanding Crowley is the same as the key to understanding the Marquis de Sade. Both wasted an immense amount of energy screaming defiance at the authority they resented so much, and lacked the insight to see that they were shaking their fists as at abstraction. Colin Wilson

Ken, the Tot of Destiny, had turned into the Marquis de Sade, and I in response had become a virago. Elaine Dundy

Up against the ropes in the Iran-Contra affair, Ronald Reagan should have come out swinging, announcing clearly that this government carries itself in the tradition of the Marquis de Lafayette, that freedom fighters will no longer be left to die in the jungle, like Brigade 2506 at the Bay of Pigs. Michael Johns

The Marquis de Lafayette is extremely solicitous of having a command equal to his rank. George Washington

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