veritade

Updated: May 2, 2025

Of course, she was angry at that, but her wrath did not last long. She burst out laughing when she came to the lines, 'Io il veggo, io il sento, e a pena vero parmi: Sento in maschio in femina matarsi. And then, 'Cosi le dissi, e feci ch'ella stessa Trovo con man la veritade expressa. "What you call obscenity is mere license, and there is plenty of that at Rome."

Giacomo Casanova - The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Of course, she was angry at that, but her wrath did not last long. She burst out laughing when she came to the lines, 'Io il veggo, io il sento, e a pena vero parmi: Sento in maschio in femina matarsi. And then, 'Cosi le dissi, e feci ch'ella stessa Trovo con man la veritade expressa. "What you call obscenity is mere license, and there is plenty of that at Rome."

Giacomo Casanova - Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 22: to London