Moon 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.

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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

— Giovanni Boccaccio

Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it.

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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

— Giovanni Boccaccio

“Tu non potrai fuggir le mie saette se l´arco tiro, o sciocca peccatrice! –”

— Giovanni Boccaccio

To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the…

— Giovanni Boccaccio

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

— Giovanni Boccaccio

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

— Giovanni Boccaccio

My mind is wholly possessed by Love, who rules every part there of, in virtue of his all-embracing deity.

— Giovanni Boccaccio

It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything.

— Giovanni Boccaccio

“Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain.”

— Giovanni Boccaccio

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

— Giovanni Boccaccio