Boccaccio Quotes

“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.”
― Giovanni Boccaccio

“Giovanni Boccaccio, autore del Decameron, gli dedica un’intera novella, in cui non solo lo celebra come il più bravo pittore vivente, ma sottolinea la sua alacrità nelle risposte e la vivace intelligenza.”
― Roberta Dalessandro, Giotto

“If a third of the stories in the Decameron mock religion, two-thirds celebrate sex.”
― Steven Moore, The Novel: An Alternative History: Beginnings to 1600