More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
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.
No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate.
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
They brought it to a common saying there that the most acceptable service one could render to God was to put the devil in Hell.
In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.
Do as we say, and not as we do.
