Giacomo Casanova

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

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I don't conquer, I submit. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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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

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I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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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

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

— Giacomo Casanova

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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 Casanova

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