Giacomo Casanova

The greatest pleasure of love is in the change.

Love is a disease of the imagination.

I have always been the master of my own destiny, and I have always been able to change it at will.

Human reason is a poor guide when one is driven by the passions.

I consider the man who is master of himself to be more fortunate than he who is master of the world.

The most beautiful woman in the world is not she who has the most beautiful body, but she who has the most beautiful soul.

I have always been convinced that the greatest pleasure is to give pleasure to others.

The memory of a pleasure is almost as great as the pleasure itself.

I have always been a lover of paradoxes.

The only way to be happy is to make others happy.

I have always preferred to be envied than pitied.

Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel.

The true philosopher is he who knows how to enjoy himself without doing harm to others.

I have always believed that the greatest wisdom is to know oneself.

The greatest pleasure is to be loved by a woman who is worthy of one's love.

I have always been a man of pleasure, but I have never been a man of vice.

The most beautiful women are those who are not afraid to show their true selves.

I have always been a lover of beauty, in all its forms.

The greatest pleasure is to be able to do what one wants, when one wants, and with whom one wants.

I have always been a lover of truth, even when it is painful.