I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil,… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke it will therefore commence when I… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
“The theory of behavior is useful to the life of man only as the index is useful to him who goes through… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
[H]appy or miserable, life is the only blessing which man possesses[. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Whether it is happy or unhappy, a man's life is the only treasure he can ever possess. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence, I know likewise… — 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
Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more… — 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