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Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian
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About the author
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Italian
Author
#Men
#Woman
#Service
#Hens
Do as we say, and not as we do.
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Italian
Author
Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Italian
Author
#Earth
#Enjoyment
#Heaven
#Lovers
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Italian
Author
#Compassion
People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.
Giovanni Boccaccio,
Italian
Author
#People