The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting…

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I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my...

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my...

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in...

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in...

Marriage is the tomb of love

Marriage is the tomb of love

Marriage is the tomb of love.

Marriage is the tomb of love.

In one text Casanova sees that women are responsible for Don Giovanni's evil deeds: The...

In one text Casanova sees that women are responsible for Don Giovanni's evil deeds: The...

God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could...

God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could...

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

I don't conquer, I submit.

I don't conquer, I submit.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of...

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of...

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do...

Heart and head are the constituent parts of character; temperament has almost nothing to do...

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them...

Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them...

Love is three quarters curiosity.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty...

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their...

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to...

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to...

The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to...

The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to...

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a...

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a...

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the...

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the...

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt,...

Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt,...