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More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.
No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.
here be said save that even in poor cottages there rain down divine spirits from heaven, like as in princely palaces there be those who were worthier to tend swine than to have lordship over men.
Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.
The scholar, as wise as he was full of wrath, knowing that threats only serve as weapons to the person so threatened, kept all his resentment within his own breast.
it is obvious that all vices have a grievous effect on those who indulge them and often on others too. But I believe that the one which can transport us with the most unbridled haste into danger is anger. This is nothing other than a sudden thoughtless impulse, provoked by some perceived offence, which banishes reason and clouds the eyes of the mind, rousing the soul to blazing fury.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
