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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. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.
Giacomo Casanova
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Giacomo Casanova
Age: 73 †
Born: 1725
Born: January 1
Died: 1798
Died: January 1
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Giacomo Girolamo Casanova di Seingalt
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt
Giovanni Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt
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Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Jacques Casanova
Dzhiakomo Kasanova
Джакомо Казанова
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova De Seingalt
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I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.
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The story she had told me was possible, but it was not believable.
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[Malipiero's advice to Casanova.] If you wish your audience to cry, you must shed tears yourself, but if you wish to make them laugh you must contrive to look as serious as a judge.
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I have felt in my very blood, ever since I was born, a most unconquerable hatred towards the whole tribe of fools, and it arises from the fact that I feel myself a blockhead whenever I am in their company.
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