Giacomo Casanova

1725–1798 · lived 73 years

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova was a Venetian adventurer and writer. Famous for his numerous love adventures, he also had a multifaceted life, engaging in various professions and activities, including diplomacy, espionage, and even the priesthood. His autobiography, "The Story of My Life," is a detailed and vivid account of his experiences and of European society in the 18th century.

n. 1725-04-02, Veneza · m. 1798-06-04, Duchcov

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Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is mainly remembered for his reputation as a seducer and adventurer. Born in Venice, his life was marked by an incessant pursuit of new experiences, romances, and fortune. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, meeting prominent figures of the time and participating in political and social intrigues. Besides his romantic exploits, Casanova was a man of sharp intellect, versed in various languages and fields of knowledge, although his career was often interrupted by scandals and escapes. His "The Story of My Life" offers a fascinating panorama of aristocratic life and Enlightenment culture, blending facts with fiction in an engaging manner. He spent his final years in Dux, Bohemia, where he dictated his memoirs.

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[Marriage] is the tomb of love.

I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.

Life is like a beautiful flirt, whom we love and to whom, finally, we grant every condition she imposes as long as she doesn’t leave us.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.

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