The Story She Had Told

[malipiero's Advice To Casanova.] If You Wish Your Audience To Cry, You Must Shed Tears Yourself, But If You Wish To Make Them Laugh You Must Contrive To Look As Serious As A Judge.

The History Of My Life Must Begin By The Earliest Circumstance Which My Memory Can Evoke It Will Therefore Commence When I Had Attained The Age Of Eight Years And Four Months.

The Same Principle That Forbids Me To Lie Does Not Allow Me To Tell The Truth.

It Is Only Necessary To Have Courage, For Strength Without Self-confidence Is Useless.

Should I Perchance Still Feel After My Death, I Would No Longer Have Any Doubt, But I Would Most Certainly Give The Lie To Anyone Asserting Before Me That I Was Dead.