The philosopher is a person who refuses no pleasures which do not produce greater sorrows, and who knows how to create new ones.
Giacomo CasanovaTags: philosophy philosopher
To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want of good luck, or attributed to fate; these words are devoid of sense, and all fault will rightly fall on your own head.
Giacomo CasanovaThe sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won.
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When a man is in love very little is enough to throw him into despair and as little to enhance his joy to the utmost.
Giacomo CasanovaTags: love
We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner.
Giacomo CasanovaTags: love
We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain.
Giacomo CasanovaTags: life-lessons
I have loved women even to madness, but I have always loved liberty better.
Giacomo CasanovaDesires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them.
Giacomo CasanovaBeauty without wit offers nothing but the enjoyment of its material charms, whilst witty ugliness captivates by the charms of the mind, and at last fulfils all the desires of the man it has captivated.
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There is no such thing as a perfectly happy or perfectly unhappy man in the world. One has more happiness in his life and another more unhappiness, and the same circumstance may produce widely different effects on individuals of different temperaments.
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