More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate.
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.
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
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.
Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain.
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.
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
