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.

Quote by Giacomo Casanova

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I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought...

I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought...

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it...

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it...

The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before...

The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before...

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my...

I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my...

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...

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...

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...

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do...

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do...

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His...

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His...

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless.

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...

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which...

In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which...

I don't conquer, I submit.

I don't conquer, I submit.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

Love is three quarters curiosity.

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...

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...

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without...

You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without...

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...

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.

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...