The history of my life must begin by the earliest circumstance which my memory can evoke; it will therefore commence when I had attained the age of eight years and four months.

Quote by Giacomo Casanova

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The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered...

The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered...

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in...

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in...

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...

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would...

For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would...

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...

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...

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.

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 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 felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable...

I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable...

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...

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...

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...

I don't conquer, I submit.

I don't conquer, I submit.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...