On this day back in 1798, Venetian Giacomo Casanova died. Most infamous for his seductive and adventurous ways, “the world’s greatest lover” was also a librarian, an escape-artist, a con-artist, a high-stakes gambler and the author of his own life story, “The Story of My Flight”, among several other works.

In reading more about the man, he must have truly been enchanting and intelligent as he found it quite easy to mingle with the likes of Catherine the Great, Mozart, Pope Clement XIII, Voltaire and even Benjamin Franklin among many other notable figures.

It has been documented that Casanova’s last words were, “I have lived as a philosopher and I die as a Christian”. However he was most honest and telling when he spoke the following, “Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite of mine, I have always loved it and done all that I could to make myself loved by it.”