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Quotation from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
“Each of these peoples deems itself to have the true inheritance, the true law, the true commandments of God”
The Decameron, Day 1, Novel 3, trans. J. M. Rigg (1903)
Asked by Saladin which of the three laws is true, the Jewish moneylender answers with the parable of three identical rings, escaping the trap without naming one.
Citation: "Each of these peoples deems itself to have the true inheritance, the true law, the true commandments of God" — Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron, Day 1, Novel 3, trans. J. M. Rigg (1903). (id the-decameron-q5)
Portrait: A Tale from the Decameron (1916), painting by John William Waterhouse, John William Waterhouse, Public domain.
