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

„The power of the pen is far greater than those people suppose who have not proved it by experience.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Le forze della penna sono troppo maggiori che coloro non estimano che quelle con conoscimento provato non hanno.
Eighth Day, Seventh Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„The nature of wit is such that its bite must be like that of a sheep rather than a dog, for if it were to bite the listener like a dog, it would no longer be wit but abuse.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Essere la natura de' motti cotale, che essi come la pecora morde deono cosi mordere l'uditore, e non come 'l cane: percio che, se come cane mordesse il motto, non sarebbe motto, ma villania.
Sixth Day, Third Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„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)

„An oak is not felled by a single blow of the axe.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Per lo primo colpo non cade la quercia.
Seventh Day, Ninth Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„Every person born into this world has a natural right to sustain, preserve, and defend his own life to the best of his ability.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Natural ragione è di ciascuno che ci nasce, la sua vita, quanto può, aiutare e conservare e difendere.
First Day, Introduction
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„And if his own joy knew no bounds, the girl was no less delighted on seeing him.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Se egli fu lieto assai, la letizia della giovane non fu minore.
Fifth Day, Third Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„He who is wicked and held to be good, can cheat because no one imagines he would.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Chi è reo e buono è tenuto
Può fare il male e non è creduto.
Fourth Day, Second Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„They banish us to the kitchen, there to tell stories to the cat.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Ci cacciano in cucina a dir delle favole colla gatta.
Fifth Day, Tenth Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)

„In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.“

—  Giovanni Boccaccio, kniha Dekameron

Sola la miseria è senza invidia nelle cose presenti.
Fourth Day, Introduction
The Decameron (c. 1350)