Whom one gets into bed with is no light matter.

Paul Gauguin

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Topic

Sex

Author

Paul Gauguin

Source

Journals of Paul Gauguin

Medium

Personal journal

Language

French

Time

20th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

France Europe

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Citation

Gauguin, Paul. Paul Gauguin's Intimate Journals, translated by Van Wyck Brooks. Indiana University Press, 1958, p. 18.

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Original Citation

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You will laugh when you learn that I thought nothing of deceiving idiots, scoundrels and fools when I needed to do so. As for my deceptions of women, these are not of the sort to be tallied, since when love has a hand in things, each party usually dupes the other.

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Giacomo Casanova
Source
Histoire de Ma Vie
Genre
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt [From the Memoirs of the Venetian Jacob Casanova de Seingalt]. Vol. 1, Leipzig: Brodhaus, 1822, preface.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. History of My Life, vols. 1-2, translated by Willard R. Trask. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.