Giacomo Casanova Quote

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go to see it and examine it closely.


History of My Life (trans. Trask 1967), 1997 reprint, vol. 11, chap. 4, p. 112


I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go ...

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go ...

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go ...

I saw that everything famous and beautiful in the world, if we judge by the descriptions and drawings of writers and artists, always loses when we go ...