Giacomo Casanova Quotes & Sayings
37 most famous Giacomo Casanova quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an Italian celebrity who passed away on 4 June, 1798.
“Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.”
“It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.”
“The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.”
“I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.”
“Marriage is the tomb of love.”
“Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.”
“Love is three quarters curiosity.”
“As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other.”
“Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do with it, and, therefore, character is dependent upon education, and is susceptible of being corrected and improved.”
“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.”
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