Giacomo Casanova on Beauty
Browse 2 quotations attributed to Giacomo Casanova, catalogued under beauty, with dates where available.
This page displays 2 quotations attributed to Giacomo Casanova and filed under "beauty" in QuoteLineage. The selection is ordered by stored importance and quality scores, not citation counts. A topic label describes how an entry is catalogued; it does not establish the theme's importance in the author's work.
Attributed to Giacomo Casanova, entry #109071: "When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime."
Attributed to Giacomo Casanova, entry #117332: "This extremely interesting girl, after giving me a single glance from her beautiful eyes, stubbornly refused to look at me again. My vanity at once made me think that it was only …"
2 Quotes by Giacomo Casanova on Beauty
"When a sonnet is mediocre it is bad, for it should be sublime."
"This extremely interesting girl, after giving me a single glance from her beautiful eyes, stubbornly refused to look at me again. My vanity at once made me think that it was only so that I would be at full liberty to study her impeccable beauty. It was on this girl that I instantly set my sights, as if all Europe were only a seraglio provided for my pleasures."