# Justine

- Author: [Marquis de Sade](https://www.leafyquotes.com/marquis-de-sade.md)
- Quotes: 4
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/marquis-de-sade/justine

## Quotes

> ...there is a sum of evil equal to the sum of good, the continuing equilibrium of the world requires that there be as many good people as wicked people...

> Nothing we can do outrages Nature directly. Our acts of destruction give her new vigour and feed her energy, but none of our wreckings can weaken her power.

> Why do you complain of your fate when you could so easily change it?

> I think that if there were a God, there would be less evil on this earth. I believe that if evil exists here below, then either it was willed by God or it was beyond His powers to prevent it. Now I cannot bring myself to fear a God who is either spiteful or weak. I defy Him without fear and care not a fig for his thunderbolts.