Quote by Giacomo Casanova

If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read.

— Giacomo Casanova

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

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

“faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.”

— Giacomo Casanova

“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

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

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

To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.

— Giacomo Casanova

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

— Giacomo Casanova

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

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

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

— Giacomo Casanova