Giovanni Boccaccio citáty

„Líbaná ústa ničeho nepozbývají, ale obnovují se jako luna.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Dekameron

„Vtipy mají kousnou posluchače jako ovečka a ne jako pes: kousne-li totiž vtip jako pes, není to vtip, ale hrubství“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Dekameron

„Je lépe litovat, že jsme něco zažili, než litovat, že jsme nezažili nic.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio

„V lásce vyhrává ten, kdo miluje méně.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio

„Hojnost plodí odpor a odpírané věci, po nichž toužíme, zmnožují laskominy.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio

„Dobrotivý Bůh se neohlíží na naše omyly, jestliže je způsobují věci, které sami nemůžeme poznat.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Dekameron

„Dying more like animals than human beings.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Non come uomini, ma quasi come bestie, morieno.
First Day, Introduction
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„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

„To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Zdroj: The Decameron

„While farmers generally allow one rooster for ten hens, ten men are scarcely sufficient to service one woman.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio

„I propose to tell you a very brief tale about a love which…ran a smooth course to its happy conclusion.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Uno amore...a lieto fin pervenuto, in una novelletta assai piccola intendo di raccontarvi.
Fifth Day, Fourth Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Who means ill, dreams ill.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Chi mal ti vuol, mal ti sogna.
Ninth Day, Seventh Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„A kissed mouth doesn't lose its freshness, for like the moon it always renews itself.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Bocca baciata non perde ventura, anzi rinnuova come fa la luna.
Second Day, Seventh Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Shortly afterwards the moon rose with a very clear sky, and [he] kept watch.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

E poco appresso levatasi la luna, e 'l tempo essendo chiarissimo, [egli] vegghiava.
Fifth Day, Third Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Do as we say, not as we do.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Fate quello che noi diciamo e non quello che noi facciamo.
Third Day, Seventh Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„A just king must be the first to observe those laws that he has himself prescribed.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Ogni giusto re primo servatore dee essere delle leggi fatte da lui.
Seventh Day, Tenth Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Wrongs committed in the distant past are far easier to condemn than to rectify.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Le cose mal fatte e di gran tempo passate son più agevoli a riprendere che ad emendare.
Second Day, Fifth Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„The deceived has the better of the deceiver.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Lo ingannatore rimane a pié dello ingannato.
Second Day, Ninth Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„While superfluity engenders disgust, appetite is but whetted when fruit is forbidden.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Come la copia delle cose genera fastidio, cosl l'esser le desiderate negate moltiplica l'appetito.
Fourth Day, Third Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)