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More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.
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.
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.
Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.
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.
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 the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
