Casanova: more than a serial seducer
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Falling in Love
In those days, a libertine was somebody who thought the rules were self-serving. They would distinguish between pleasure and happiness. Pleasure is intense, but it burns out after two or three months. But falling in love must burn out because what you really wanted was that intensity of first falling - so you go back to start again with the next person.
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