If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious. Giacomo Casanova More Quotes by Giacomo Casanova More Quotes From Giacomo Casanova My success and my misfortunes, the bright and the dark days I have gone through, everything has proved to me that in this world, either physical or moral, good comes out of evil just as well as evil comes out of good. Giacomo Casanova congratulations dark success I have always had such sincere love for truth, that I have often begun by telling stories for the purpose of getting truth to enter the heads of those who could not appreciate its charms. Giacomo Casanova appreciate purpose stories The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable. Giacomo Casanova believable stories The raging fire which urged us on was scorching us; it would have burned us had we failed to restrain it. Giacomo Casanova erotic sensual fire My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it. Giacomo Casanova men art fall God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle. Giacomo Casanova minors principles order Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of the fair sex, which deserves our homage for so many reasons, I hope that my observations will foster prudence in fathers and mothers and thus at least deserve their esteem. Giacomo Casanova mother father sex Man is free; but not unless he believes he is[.] Giacomo Casanova men believe Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead. Giacomo Casanova doubt giving lying Thence, I suppose, my natural disposition to make fresh acquaintances, and to break with them so readily, although always for a good reason, and never through mere fickleness. Giacomo Casanova air natural reason Man is free, but his freedom ceases when he has no faith in it[. Giacomo Casanova cease men I have lived as a philosopher and die as a Christian. Giacomo Casanova philosopher christian war God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer. Giacomo Casanova punishment fierce suffering Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. Giacomo Casanova nursing hate hatred They are the follies inherent to youth; I make sport of them, and, if you are kind, you will not yourself refuse them a good-natured smile. Giacomo Casanova squash youth sports I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely. Giacomo Casanova drawing artist beautiful I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. Giacomo Casanova constitution brilliant excellent The thing is to dazzle Giacomo Casanova dazzle In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. Giacomo Casanova gulls witty men I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence, I know likewise that I shall exist no more when I shall have ceased to feel. Giacomo Casanova feel feeling me knowledge