When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime. Giacomo Casanova More Quotes by Giacomo Casanova More Quotes From Giacomo Casanova Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy. Giacomo Casanova real love-is lying Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it. I have also been extravagantly fond of good food and irresistibly drawn by anything which could excite curiosity. Giacomo Casanova opposites feelings sex The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won. Giacomo Casanova sweetest hardest pleasure After all, a beautiful woman without a mind of her own leaves her lover with no resource after he had physically enjoyed her charms. Giacomo Casanova lovers mind beautiful one who makes no mistakes makes nothing Giacomo Casanova make-it-count making-mistakes mistake Beauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated. Giacomo Casanova mind witty men To Kiss : An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person. Giacomo Casanova dating kissing essence Be the flame, not the moth. Giacomo Casanova moths i-hate-you flames Happy are those lovers who, when their senses require rest, can fall back upon the intellectual enjoyments afforded by the mind! Sweet sleep then comes, and lasts until the body has recovered its general harmony. On awaking, the senses are again active and always ready to resume their action. Giacomo Casanova passion sweet fall By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel. Giacomo Casanova remembrance laughing past As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher. Giacomo Casanova self teacher inspirational Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever Giacomo Casanova forever giving men Love is three quarters curiosity. Giacomo Casanova romance curiosity love Nobody can deprive me of the fact that I had a good time. Giacomo Casanova aries good-times facts I often had no scruples about deceiving nitwits and scoundrels and fools when I found it necessary. ...We avenge intelligence when we deceive a fool, and... deceiving a fool is an exploit worthy of an intelligent man. What has infused my very blood with an unconquerable hatred of the whole tribe of fools from the day of my birth is that I become a fool myself when I am in their company. Giacomo Casanova intelligent men blood There is no honest woman with an uncorrupted heart whom a man is not sure of conquering by dint of gratitude. It is one of the surest and shortest means. Giacomo Casanova gratitude heart mean Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy. Giacomo Casanova exercise might laughing economy spoils pleasure Giacomo Casanova spoil economy pleasure I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. Giacomo Casanova agents done evil Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives. Giacomo Casanova accepted reason needs