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Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838I hate and I love: why I do so you may well ask. I do not know, but I feel it happen and am in agony. — Catullus · 51 BCIt is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCMen and women2 quotes
You will laugh when you learn that I thought nothing of deceiving idiots, scoundrels and fools when I needed to do so. As for my deceptions of women, these are not of the sort to be tallied, since when love has a hand in things, each party usually dupes the other. — Giacomo Casanova · 1791Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCBroken heart1 quote
It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCCriticism of one's country1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Dangers of love1 quote
I hate and I love: why I do so you may well ask. I do not know, but I feel it happen and am in agony. — Catullus · 51 BCDeception1 quote
You will laugh when you learn that I thought nothing of deceiving idiots, scoundrels and fools when I needed to do so. As for my deceptions of women, these are not of the sort to be tallied, since when love has a hand in things, each party usually dupes the other. — Giacomo Casanova · 1791Decline1 quote
Oh this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is! — Catullus · 54 BCFading love1 quote
Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838Lost love1 quote
It is difficult suddenly to lay aside a long-cherished love. — Catullus · 54 BCLove and hate1 quote
I hate and I love: why I do so you may well ask. I do not know, but I feel it happen and am in agony. — Catullus · 51 BCMarriage1 quote
Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838Misogyny1 quote
Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCMoral decline1 quote
Oh this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is! — Catullus · 54 BCOne's native land1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Patriarchy1 quote
Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BCPatriotism1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Poverty1 quote
The worst kind of shame is that caused by parsimony or poverty. — Livy · 9 BCPursuing women1 quote
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 to mine, I have always loved it and done all I could to make myself loved by it. — Giacomo Casanova · 1791Sex1 quote
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. — Giacomo Casanova · 1791Shame1 quote
The worst kind of shame is that caused by parsimony or poverty. — Livy · 9 BCTrustworthiness of women1 quote
What a woman says to her ardent lover should be written in wind and running water. — Catullus · 54 BCWomen's rights1 quote
Our ancestors refused to allow any woman to transact even private business without a guardian to represent her; women had to be under the control of fathers, brothers, or husbands. But we (heaven preserve us!) are now allowing them even to take part in politics, and actually to appear in the Forum and to be present at our meetings and assemblies!... Give a free rein to their unprincipled nature, to this untamed animal, and then expect them to set a limit on their own license! — Livy · 9 BC