Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
—Giovanni Boccaccio
Topics: Enjoyment
While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.
—Giovanni Boccaccio
Topics: Men, Men & Women, Women, Men and Women
Human it is to have compassion on the unhappy.
—Giovanni Boccaccio
Topics: One liners, Compassion
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