The reader of these Memoirs will discover that I never had any fixed aim before my eyes, and that my system, if it can be called a system, has been to glide away unconcernedly on the stream of life, trusting to the wind wherever it led.
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I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence, I know likewise that I shall exist no more when I shall have ceased to feel.
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In one text Casanova sees that women are responsible for Don Giovanni's evil deeds The blame lies entirely with the female sex for bewitching his mind and enslaving his heart. Oh, seducing sex Source of pain Let a poor innocent person go in peace.
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In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.
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I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.
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