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They boosted themselves with such nauseating self-praise as to make the stones jump out of the walls and flee. - Giovanni Boccaccio
" "They boosted themselves with such nauseating self-praise as to make the stones jump out of the walls and flee.
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About Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was a Florentine poet and story-writer who helped to initiate the humanist movement. His most famous work is The Decameron, a collection of 100 novelle or tales.
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Giovanni Boccace
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Boccaccio
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Boccace
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Joanni B. de Certaldo
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