Decameron Quotes

'[...] you will also discover that, even though Love is more inclined to take up his abode in a gay palace and a dainty bedchamber than in a wretched hovel, there is no denying that he sometimes ma...

Although he was an old man approaching seventy, and the natural warmth had almost entirely departed from his body, his heart was so noble that he was not averse to welcoming the flames of love [......

Being filled with compassion for Alessandro's misfortunes, [the Abbot] began to console him in tones of deep affection, telling him not to lose hope; for if he kept his courage, God would not only...

'[...] whoever desires to live a good and honest life is obliged to shun as best he may every possible motive for behaving otherwise. I myself, being one who desires to live a thoroughly honest lif...

Being an intelligent and judicious woman, she sent back a message to say that she was glad to have been singled out for this uniquely great favour, and that King would be very welcome. She then beg...

So he crossed the sea to Ireland as best he could and eventually arrived at Strangford, where he entered the service of one of the feudatories of a rural baron, performing all the usual tasks of a...

However, the One who is infinite decreed by immutable law that all earthly things should come to an end. And it pleased Him that this love of mine, whose warmth exceeded all others, and which had s...

It was thus, then, that Ser Cepperello of Prato lived and died, becoming a Saint in the way you have heard. Nor would I wish to deny that perhaps God has blessed and admitted him to His presence. F...

For to the eternal shame of those who nowadays lay claim, despite their corrupt and disgraceful habits, to the title and distinction of lords and gentlemen, our modern courtiers are better describe...