“Who means ill, dreams ill.”
—
Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Decameron
Chi mal ti vuol, mal ti sogna.
Ninth Day, Seventh Story (tr. J. M. Rigg)
The Decameron (c. 1350)
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Chi mal ti vuol, mal ti sogna.
The Decameron (c. 1350)
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