If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious. Giacomo Casanova More Quotes by Giacomo Casanova More Quotes From Giacomo Casanova We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner. Giacomo Casanova cease reason Marriage is the tomb of love. Giacomo Casanova tombs It is only necessary to have courage, for strength without self-confidence is useless. Giacomo Casanova confidence useless self 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. Giacomo Casanova wise waiting men I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence. Giacomo Casanova being-alone feelings giving Love is only a feeling of curiousity more or less intense, grafted upon the inclination placed in us by nature that the species may be preserved. Giacomo Casanova feelings may love-is 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. Giacomo Casanova love-is men lying 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. Giacomo Casanova eight memories years I don't conquer, I submit. Giacomo Casanova submit conquer Those who do not love life do not deserve it. Giacomo Casanova love-life deserve life The man who forgets does not forgive, he only loses the remembrance; forgiveness is the offspring of a noble heart, of a generous mind, whilst forgetfulness is only the result of a weak memory, or of an easy carelessness. Giacomo Casanova heart men memories Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them. Giacomo Casanova pain desire sweet I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better. Giacomo Casanova madness liberty You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools. Giacomo Casanova knaves fool deceived Man is a free agent; but he is not free if he does not believe it. Giacomo Casanova doe men believe I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself. Giacomo Casanova excess physicians abstinence For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent. Giacomo Casanova christian believe hands When you fool a fool you strike a blow for intelligence. Giacomo Casanova intelligence fool blow The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory. Giacomo Casanova mind memories order To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head. Giacomo Casanova passion good-luck fall
