# Quote — The Marquis de Sade, Justine

> ...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...

- Author: [The Marquis de Sade](https://www.leafyquotes.com/the-marquis-de-sade.md)
- Book: [Justine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/the-marquis-de-sade/justine.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marquis_de_Sade#Justine_or_The_Misfortunes_of_Virtue_(1787)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [evil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/evil.md), [kindness](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/kindness.md)
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