Autres citations de Casanova:
"Ce sont les petits désirs qui rendent un jeune homme hardi." / "It is shallow desires which make a young man bold; strong desires confound him."
"Il n'y a pas de femme au monde qui puisse résister aux soins assidus et à toutes les attentions d'un homme qui veut la rendre amoureuse." / When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties."
"Desires are but pain and torment, and enjoyment is sweet because it delivers us from them."
"The sweetest pleasures are those which are hardest to be won."
"Rien de tout ce qui existe n'a jamais exercé sur moi un si fort pouvoir qu'une belle figure de femme."
"Pour faire pleurer les gens, vous devez pleurer vous-mêmes. Si vous voulez les faire rire, vous devez garder un visage sérieux."
"There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives." / "We ourselve are the authors of almost all our woes and griefs, of which we so unreasonably complain."
"I am writing my Life to laugh at myself, and I am succeeding."
"The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned."
"On ne désire pas ce qu'on possède."(Giacomo Casanova) [à comparer à Saint-Augustin: "Le bonheur, c'est de continuer à désirer ce que l'on possède."]
"We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner."
"From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection."
"Le désespoir tue."
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