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• I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Beautiful, Artist, Drawing

  Giacomo Casanova, Willard R. Trask (1997). “History of My Life”, p.112, JHU Press

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• I found that the writer who says SUBLATA LUCERNA NULLUM DISCRIMEN INTER MULIERES ('when the lamp is taken away, all women are alike') says true; but without love, this great business is a vile thing.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Taken, Lamps, Great Business

  Giacomo Casanova (1966). “History of my life”

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• God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Punishment, Suffering, Fierce

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of the fair sex, which deserves our homage for so many reasons, I hope that my observations will foster prudence in fathers and mothers and thus at least deserve their esteem.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Mother, Sex, Father

  Giacomo Casanova (1997). “History of My Life”

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• In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Witty, Men, Gulls

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Victory, Steel, Fool

  Giacomo Casanova “The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt”, Library of Alexandria

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• God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Order, Principles, Minors

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Fall, Passion, Good Luck

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• Man is free; but not unless he believes he is[.]

  Giacomo Casanova

  Believe, Men

  Giacomo Casanova (2000). “The Story of My Life”, Marsilio Pub

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• I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Stupidity, Fool, Honest

  Giacomo Casanova “The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt”, Library of Alexandria

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• I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Thanksgiving, Thank God, Ruins

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Memories, Order, Mind

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Air, Reason, Natural

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1: The Venetian Years”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

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• For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Christian, Believe, Hands

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• [H]appy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses[.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Blessing, Men, Life Is

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1: The Venetian Years”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it[.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Men, Cease

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe the wicked without doing them any injury.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Mean, Wicked, Action

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• I loved, I was loved, my health was good, I had a great deal of money, and I spent it, I was happy and I confessed it to myself.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Deals

  Giacomo Casanova (1997). “History of My Life”

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• Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Hate, Nursing, Hatred

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1: The Venetian Years”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant, for if it wakes it is a torrent which no dam can hold back.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Wise, Government, Cities

  Giacomo Casanova (1997). “History of My Life”, p.174, JHU Press

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• Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Lying, Giving, Doubt

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt: Complete”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

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• I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Christian, War, Philosopher

  Giacomo Casanova (2011). “The Duel”, p.111, Melville House

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• The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Stories, Believable

  Giacomo Casanova (1966). “History of my life”

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• Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

  Giacomo Casanova

  Life Is, Worthy, Subjects

  Giacomo Casanova (2013). “The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt Volume 1: The Venetian Years”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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• We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and the victory is worth the trouble

  Giacomo Casanova

  Victory, Fool, Trouble

  "The Story of My Life". Book by Giacomo Casanova, 2001.

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