"Denier" Quotes from Famous Books
... than thou hadst been knocked on the head, and lost not only thy money but thy life. But what boots it now to bewail thee? Thou mightest as soon pluck a star from the firmament as recover a single denier; nay, 'tis as much as thy life is worth if he do but hear that thou breathest a ... — The Decameron, Volume I • Giovanni Boccaccio |