More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
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.
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.
To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.
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.
Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.
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.
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
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.
