Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Girolamo Casanovawas an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during the 18th century...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionMemoirist
Date of Birth2 April 1725
CountryItaly
broken-heart love-is views
Love is a great poet, its resources are inexhaustible, but if the end it has in view is not obtained, it feels weary and remains silent.
men giving forever
Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever
kissing essence dating
To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.
lying principles doe
The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.
sorrow philosopher pleasure
The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.
intelligent men blood
I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and... deceiving a fool is an exploit worthy of an intelligent man. What has infused my very blood with an unconquerable hatred of the whole tribe of fools from the day of my birth is that I become a fool myself when I am in their company.
inspirational teacher self
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.
destiny shapes our-lives
There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.
sex opposites feelings
Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it. I have also been extravagantly fond of good food and irresistibly drawn by anything which could excite curiosity.
writing done worthy
If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.
i-hate-you flames moths
Be the flame, not the moth.
pleasure hardest sweetest
The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.
beautiful mind lovers
After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms.
witty men mind
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.