Giacomo Casanova quotes

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. (Giacomo Casanova)
You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools. View quote
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Love is three quarters curiosity. View quote
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The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led. View quote
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My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good. View quote
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Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life. View quote
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I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms. View quote
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Marriage is the tomb of love. View quote
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Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy. View quote
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As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. View quote
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Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. (Giacomo Casanova)
Those who do not love life do not deserve it. View quote
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It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. View quote
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Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved. View quote
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In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. View quote
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As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher. View quote
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The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won. View quote
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Be the flame, not the moth. View quote
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one who makes no mistakes makes nothing. View quote
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Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated. View quote
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I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better. (Giacomo Casanova)
There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives. View quote
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If I had married a woman intelligent enough to guide me, to rule me without my feeling that I was ruled, I should have taken good care of my money, I should have had children, and I should not be, as now I am, alone in the world and possessing nothing. View quote
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If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. View quote
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The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. View quote
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