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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.
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More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
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.
Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.
Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.
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.
Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
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.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
