Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
The Marquis de Sade, a man often misunderstood. He was not immoral nor was he a sadist, the massacres left him aghast. The sword is mightier than the pencil, but also more stupid
Oh yes he was a sadist. He served multiple prisonsentences for sexual and sadistic crimes like beating up a prostitute whilst masturbating. And he had a disturbingly sick fantasy: '120 jours de sodome'

My favourite historic figure would be Socrates, the martyr of filosophie