“Since the beginning of the world men have been and will be, until the end thereof, bandied about by various shifts of fortune,” 

Giovanni Boccaccio

“No one will ever know it and a sin that’s hidden is half forgiven.”

Giovanni Boccaccio

“Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does.”

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

Credits:

With huge gratitude to Bruno Basso @brbasso