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Criticism of one's country1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Deception1 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 · 1791Fading love1 quote
Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838Love1 quote
Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838Marriage1 quote
Marriage is a sacrament which I detest... Because it is the tomb of love. — Giacomo Casanova · 1838Men and women1 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 · 1791One's native land1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Patriotism1 quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. — Carlo Goldoni · 1750Pursuing 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 · 1791