Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)

"Philosophy, to an attentive ear,
Clearly points out, not in one part alone,
How imitative Nature takes her course
From the celestial mind, and from its art."

• Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto XI), translated by Henry F. Cary in the Harvard Classics series, edited by Charles W. Eliot, and published by P. F. Collier & Son (1909, 1937).

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"Just as the end of mirth is heaviness, so sorrows are dispersed by the advent of joy."

• The Decameron (First Day, Introduction) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003. This line was seemingly inspired by Proverbs 14:13.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"Come, Love, the cause of all my joy,
Of all my hope and happiness,
Come let us sing together"

• From a poem included by Giovanni Boccaccio in the conclusion of the Second Day in his Decameron, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)

"Avarice, envy, pride,
 Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all
 On fire."

• Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto VI), translated by Henry F. Cary in the Harvard Classics series, edited by Charles W. Eliot, and published by P. F. Collier & Son (1909, 1937).

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)

"The soul is by vile fear assail'd, which oft
So overcasts a man, that he recoils
From noblest resolution, like a beast
At some false semblance in the twilight gloom"

• Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Inferno, Canto II), translated by Henry F. Cary in the Harvard Classics series, edited by Charles W. Eliot, and published by P. F. Collier & Son (1909, 1937).

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"Do as you would be done by, that's my motto."

• The Decameron (Second Day, Ninth Story) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"I have noticed that most people, after reaching a certain age, try to forget that they were ever young."

• The Decameron (Second Day, Eighth Story) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"A kissed mouth doesn't lose its freshness: like the moon it turns up new again."

• The Decameron (Second Day, Seventh Story) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"Just as the sky, worthy young ladies, is bejeweled with stars on cloudless nights, and the verdant fields are embellished with flowers in the spring, so good manners and pleasant converse are enriched by shafts of wit."

• The Decameron (First Day, Tenth Story) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"If I live honestly and my conscience is clear, then people may say whatever they like; God and Truth will take up arms in my defence."

• The Decameron (First Day introduction) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

"To take pity on people in distress is a quality which every man and woman should possess, but it is especially requisite in those who have once needed comfort, and found it in others."

• The Decameron (First Day introduction) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (c. 1313-1375)

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

• The Decameron (First Day introduction) by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by G. H. McWilliam. New York: Penguin Classics, 2003.

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Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642 CE)

"We need a guide in unknown and uncouth parts, but in clear thoroughfares, and in open plains, only the blind stand in need of a leader."

• From Galileo Galilei's Dialogue on the Great World-Systems. The original background picture of Galileo is filed under the Creative Commons license (4.0).

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