Giovanni Boccaccio citáty

„Jediná vernosť, ktorá má zmysel, je vernosť sebe samému.“

„Prekonajte to smiechom!“

„Celý svet a všetko v ňom je krásne, ale najkrajší svet je žena.“

„Kto natrafí na ženu, ktorá sa k nemu nehodí, má tvrdý život.“

„Na svete má každý toľko, koľko si sám vezme.“

„Radšej chcem muža bez majetku, ako majetok bez muža.“

„Šťastena sa zjaví s rozosmiatou tvárou a odhalenou hruďou, ale zjaví sa iba raz.“

„Žiadny smrteľník bez lásky schopný ničoho veľkého ani dobrého nie je.“

„Keby ženy boli zo striebra, nedali by sa z nich raziť peniaze, pretože žiadna z nich by nevydržala skúšku ohňom.“

„Po ničom netúžia ľudia natoľko, ako po tom, čo je nemožné, alebo čo sa dá veľmi ťažko dostať.“

„Robte, to čo vám my hovoríme, ale nie to čo my robíme.“

“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.”

“The power of the pen is far greater than those people suppose who have not proved it by experience.”

“Charming ladies, the beauty of a flock of white doves is better enhanced by a black crow than by a pure white swan.”

“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.”

“Do as we say, not as we do.”

“Who means ill, dreams ill.”

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

“I propose to tell you a very brief tale about a love which…ran a smooth course to its happy conclusion.”

“A sin that's hidden is half forgiven.”

“People are more inclined to believe in bad intentions than in good ones.”

“The nature of wit is such that its bite must be like that of a sheep rather than a dog, for if it were to bite the listener like a dog, it would no longer be wit but abuse.”

“And if his own joy knew no bounds, the girl was no less delighted on seeing him.”

“They banish us to the kitchen, there to tell stories to the cat.”

“A kissed mouth doesn't lose its freshness, for like the moon it always renews itself.”

“It frequently happens that people grow tired of always eating the same food, and desire a change of diet.”

“The deceived has the better of the deceiver.”

“An oak is not felled by a single blow of the axe.”

“While superfluity engenders disgust, appetite is but whetted when fruit is forbidden.”

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

“Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.”

“They boosted themselves with such nauseating self-praise as to make the stones jump out of the walls and flee.”

“A just king must be the first to observe those laws that he has himself prescribed.”

“A sweet little mouth with lips like rubies.”

“Shortly afterwards the moon rose with a very clear sky, and [he] kept watch.”

“Every person born into this world has a natural right to sustain, preserve, and defend his own life to the best of his ability.”

“He who is wicked and held to be good, can cheat because no one imagines he would.”