Giacomo Casanova Quotes

Love is a flame to set the will on fire

Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

I'd rather fight 100 structure fires than a wildfire. With a structure fire you know where your flames are, but in the woods it can move anywhere; it can come right up behind you.

Sometimes emotions can win fights. Sometimes letting your feelings out in a fight can win you the fight. When it means the world to you, it's not just a sports contest - a boxing match for money or belts.

I feel fiery in my life. I feel fiery in my art.

People say to me, 'Why don't you fight fire with fire?' You fight fire with water, not fire.

I grew up in Sedgefield, which is in the heart of the area along the Garden Route that has been ravaged by fire.

I've got too much fire in my blood.

Of the over 100,000 wildfires that happen in the U.S. each year, not a single one would get started without the fire triangle: Oxygen, heat and fuel. Fire needs all three to exist. It's like the three branches of our government: Legislative, judicial and executive. The fewer there are, the safer we are.

A litle wind kindles; much puts out the fire.

This is why dreams can be such dangerous things: they smolder on like a fire does, and sometimes they consume us completely.

Once desire was turned on, combustion gave it a life of its own. Once it was turned on it became a raging wildfire, uncontrollable and uncontainable, the type of conflagration that had to be allowed to burn itself out.

I want more of this feeling - fire and wings.

Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.

A woman isn't all that different from a bonfire. A fire's a beautiful thing, right? Something you can't take your eyes off, when it's burning. If you can keep it contained, it'll throw light and heat for you. It's only when it gets out of control that you have to go on the offensive.

A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as a furnace. Too often jealousy is the quality upon which it feeds.

Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.

I like the color red because it's a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.

Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

Relationships that begin in passion's raging fire often end in the coldest ashes.

My desire is to stand by the fire that burns inside of you.

It’s the same thing. Passion is passion. It’s the excitement between the tedious spaces, and it doesn’t matter where it’s directed.

I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head.