Whatever St. Augustine may say, human creatures would not perform the work of generation… — Giacomo Casanova
Whatever St. Augustine may say, human creatures would not perform the work of generation if they did not find pleasure in it, and if there was not in that great work an irresistible attraction for them.
In the original Italian
Quoi qu'en dise St-Augustin, si elle n'avait pas du plaisir a l'exercer.
Histoire de Ma Vie · 1791
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Casanova, Giacomo. The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Simon and Schuster, 2013.
Original citation
Casanova, Giacomo. Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt [From the Memoirs of the Venetian Jacob Casanova de Seingalt]. Vol. 2, Leipzig: Brodhaus, c. 1822, ep. 8, ch. 16.
