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Quotation from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

“Tis humane to have compassion on the afflicted”

Giovanni Boccaccio (spoken by Boccaccio (author))

The Decameron, Proem, trans. J. M. Rigg (1903)

Portrait of Giovanni Boccaccio

The book's first words. Boccaccio says he writes to comfort others because friends once comforted him, and he offers the stories to ladies shut indoors with their sorrows.

Citation: "Tis humane to have compassion on the afflicted" — Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Proem, trans. J. M. Rigg (1903). (id the-decameron-q1)

Virtues: Charity

Portrait: A Tale from the Decameron (1916), painting by John William Waterhouse, John William Waterhouse, Public domain.

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