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We avenge intellect when we d...

We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part.

Giacomo Kazanova

I found that the writer who s...

I found that the writer who says SUBLATA LUCERNA NULLUM DISCRIMEN INTER MULIERES ('when the lamp is taken away, all women are alike') says true; but without love, this great business is a vile thing.

Giacomo Kazanova

Enjoy the present, bid defian...

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 Kazanova

Beauty without wit offers not...

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 Kazanova

The man who forgets does not ...

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 Kazanova

[Malipiero's advice to Casano...

[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.

Giacomo Kazanova

Whether happy or unhappy, lif...

Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses.

Giacomo Kazanova

I often had no scruples about...

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 Kazanova

The same principle that forbi...

The same principle that forbids me to lie does not allow me to tell the truth.

Giacomo Kazanova

If you want to make people la...

If you want to make people laugh, your face must remain serious.

Giacomo Kazanova

Real love is the love that so...

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 Kazanova

The reader of these Memoirs w...

The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led.

Giacomo Kazanova

I leave to others the decisio...

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist.

Giacomo Kazanova

I have felt in my very blood,...

I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company.

Giacomo Kazanova

I know that I have lived beca...

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 Kazanova

I have always loved truth so ...

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.

Giacomo Kazanova

The mind of a human being is ...

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 Kazanova

Hatred, in the course of time...

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.

Giacomo Kazanova

You will be amused when you s...

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 Kazanova

Man is free; yet we must not ...

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

Giacomo Kazanova

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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