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Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.

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More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
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.
In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate.
Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain.
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.