Giovanni Boccaccio

Author

Republic of Florence

1313 - 1375

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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
Giovanni Boccaccio
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Giovanni Boccaccio
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Giovanni Boccaccio