Giacomo Casanova

There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.

Giacomo Casanova

Those who do not love life do not deserve it.

Giacomo Casanova

To kiss: An attempt to absorb the essence of the other person.

Giacomo Casanova

When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.

Giacomo Casanova

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life.

Giacomo Casanova

Youth runs away from old age, because it is its most cruel enemy.

Giacomo Casanova

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

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

Cheating is a sin, but honest cunning is simply prudence. It is a virtue. To be sure, it has a likeness to roguery, but that cannot be helped. He who has not learned to practice it is a fool.

Giacomo Casanova

Death is a monster that chases the rapt spectator from the theater before the play he is watching with infinite interest has ended.

Giacomo Casanova