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I have always had such sincere love for truth, that I have often begun by telling stories for the purpose of getting truth to enter the heads of those who could not appreciate its charms.

Giacomo Casanova

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Giacomo Casanova
Age: 73 †
Born: 1725
Born: January 1
Died: 1798
Died: January 1
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Venice
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Casanova
Kazanova
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova di Seingalt
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt
Giovanni Giacomo Casanova de Seingalt
ג'אקומו קאזאנובה
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Jacques Casanova
Dzhiakomo Kasanova
Джакомо Казанова
Giacomo Girolamo Casanova De Seingalt
Often
Heads
Stories
Sincere
Truth
Charm
Always
Enter
Love
Telling
Appreciate
Getting
Charms
Purpose
Begun

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Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.
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Whether happy or unhappy, life is the only treasure man possesses.
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We love without heeding reason, and cease to love in the same manner.
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