Giovanni Boccaccio Professions : Author Born : June 16, 1313 Died : December 21, 1375 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by 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 past and have managed to find it in others. Giovanni Boccaccio compassion suffering past You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark. Giovanni Boccaccio dark inspirational night It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything. Giovanni Boccaccio repent enjoyed In this world, you only get what you grab for. Giovanni Boccaccio this-world world Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it. Giovanni Boccaccio used persons said People tend to believe the bad rather than the good. Giovanni Boccaccio believe people In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy. Giovanni Boccaccio envy poverty world Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy. Giovanni Boccaccio compassion condolences sympathy Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth. Giovanni Boccaccio lovers earth heaven My mind is wholly possessed by Love, who rules every part there of, in virtue of his all-embracing deity. Giovanni Boccaccio deities virtue mind Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does. Giovanni Boccaccio moon mouths doe Although love dwells in gorgeous palaces, and sumptuous apartments, more willingly than in miserable and desolate cottages, it cannot be denied but that he sometimes causes his power to be felt in the gloomy recesses of forests, among the most bleak and rugged mountains, and in the dreary caves of a desert. Giovanni Boccaccio desert climbing mountain No-thing less splendid than a golden sepulchre would have suited so noble a heart. Giovanni Boccaccio golden noble heart While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman. Giovanni Boccaccio roosters hens men Do as we say, and not as we do. Giovanni Boccaccio preaching Much is required of those who are happy, especially if they have needed comforting in the past, and have received it. Giovanni Boccaccio needed comforting past Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
