"Do as we say, and not as we…" — Giovanni Boccaccio
"Do as we say, and not as we do."
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12 Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio has 12 quotes on this site.
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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
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While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
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Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
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No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart.
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Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey…
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People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.
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In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.
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Although love dwells in gorgeous palaces, and sumptuous apartments, more willingly than in miserable and desolate cottages, it cannot be…
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To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required…
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You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of…
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Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.
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Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
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