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More Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
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.
No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Mejor estaría con diablos: de siete veces seis no saben lo que ellas mismas quieren.
In this world, you only get what you grab for.
La giovane, che non era di ferro né di diamante, assai agevolmente si piegò ai piaceri dello abate.
Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.
Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.
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.
