“Death is a monster that chases the rapt spectator from the theater before the play he is watching with infinite interest has… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“Death is a monster which turns away from the great theatre an attentive hearer before the end of the play which deeply… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“I hate death; for, happy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses, and those who do not love it… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“I cannot think without a shudder of contracting any obligation towards death. I hate death; for, happy or miserable, life is the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.” — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“Oh, cruel ennui! It must be by mistake that those who have invented the torments of hell have forgotten to ascribe thee the first… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education,… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant, for if… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image