People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.
Meaning of the quote
People often focus on and believe the negative things they hear about others, instead of the positive things. This is because our brains tend to pay more attention to bad news or rumors, even if the good things we know about someone are actually true. It's important to try to see the whole picture and not just believe the bad things we hear about people.
About Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio was an influential Italian writer and Renaissance humanist, best known for his work The Decameron. He is considered one of the “Three Crowns” of Italian literature, along with Dante and Petrarch, and is credited as a pioneer of the Italian literary tradition.
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