“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.”

About Giovanni Boccaccio

Author • Italian

Giovanni Boccaccio was an influential Italian writer, poet, and humanist of the early Renaissance. He is most famously known for his masterpiece, 'The Decameron,' a collection of novellas that provides a vivid portrait...