Boccaccio quotes

Boccaccio quotes


People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.

Do as we say, and not as we do.

Kissed mouth don't lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.

No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.

While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.