More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.
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.
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.
Do as we say, and not as we do.
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
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.
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.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
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.
