The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise man, but such beings are seldom met with.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
Give me a man who is man enough to give himself just to the woman who is worth him. If that woman were me,I would love him alone and forever
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses the value of selfless love, emphasizing loyalty and commitment to someone who truly deserves it.
Giacomo Casanova highlights the importance of mutual respect and devotion in a romantic relationship. He suggests that a true man is one who is willing to fully commit to a woman who is deserving of such love, and in return, this love will be reciprocated eternally. The quote underscores the beauty of exclusive emotional investment in a partner who merits that loyalty, thus creating a profound bond.
Themes
LoveCommitmentLoyaltyRelationshipSelflessness
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a wedding speech to emphasize the importance of commitment.
More from Giacomo Casanova
All quotes βI have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
From that moment our love became sad, and sadness is a disease which gives the death-blow to affection.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
The mind of a human being is formed only of comparisons made in order to examine analogies, and therefore cannot precede the existence of memory.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
For my future I have no concern, and as a true philosopher, I never would have any, for I know not what it may be: as a Christian, on the other hand, faith must believe without discussion, and the stronger it is, the more it keeps silent.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
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.
Giacomo CasanovaRead
Similar quotes
Only love and death will change all things.
Khalil GibranRead
For you I know I'd even try to turn the tide.
Johnny CashRead
In our darkest hour, in my deepest despair,_x000D_ Will you still care? Will you be there?_x000D_ In my trials and my tribulations,_x000D_ Through our doubts and frustrations,_x000D_ In my violence and my turbulence,_x000D_ Through my fear and my confessions,_x000D_ And my anguish and my pain,_x000D_ Through my joy and my sorrow,_x000D_ In the promise of another tomorrow,_x000D_ I'll never let you part,_x000D_ For you're always in my heart.
Michael JacksonRead
Nothing can be accomplished without love.
Henri MatisseRead
Love's very pain is sweet,_x000D_ _x000D_ But its reward is in the world divine_x000D_ _x000D_ Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyRead
Then at certain moments I remember one of his words and I suddenly feel the sensual woman flaring up, as if violently caressed. I say the word to myself, with joy. It is at such a moment that my true body lives.
Anais NinRead