Giovanni Boccaccio Quotes

Giovanni Boccaccio — Italian Author born on June 16, 1313, died on December 21, 1375

Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Boccaccio wrote a number of notable works, including The Decameron and On Famous Women. As a poet who wrote in the Italian vernacular, Boccaccio is particularly noted for his realistic dialogue, which differed from that of his contemporaries, medieval writers who usually followed formulaic models for character and plot... (wikipedia)

Do as we say, and not as we do.

Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.

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

People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.

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