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Giacomo Casanova Quotes

Giacomo Casanova quotes

Italian Celebrity, Writer April 2, 1725 – June 4, 1798

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I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death. Giacomo Casanova
God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason..."
Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives. Giacomo Casanova
I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence, I know likewise that I shall exist no more when I shall have ceased to feel. Giacomo Casanova
The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at..."
If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet..."
Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "youth runs away from old age, because it is its most cruel enemy"
youth runs away from old age, because it is its most cruel enemy 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 moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion. Giacomo Casanova
Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to..."
The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth. Giacomo Casanova
I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "The story she had told me was possible, but it was not..."
The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs,..."
We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain. Giacomo Casanova
Giacomo Casanova quote: "one who makes no mistakes makes nothing"
one who makes no mistakes makes nothing Giacomo Casanova

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