Giovanni Boccaccio

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1313-06-16

Books by Giovanni Boccaccio

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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.
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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.
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While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
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People tend to believe the bad rather than the good.
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Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
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