The spirit of rebellion is present in every great city, and the great task of wise government is to keep it dormant,… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists,… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
They are the follies inherent to youth; I make sport of them, and, if you are kind, you will not yourself refuse… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
If I had married a woman intelligent enough to guide me, to rule me without my feeling that I was ruled, I… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it; and the greater power he ascribes to faith,… — 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