# Quote — Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

> Charming ladies, the beauty of a flock of white doves is better enhanced by a black crow than by a pure white swan.

- Author: [Giovanni Boccaccio](https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio.md)
- Book: [The Decameron](https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio/the-decameron.md)
- Original (it): Leggiadre donne, infra molte bianche colombe aggiugne più di bellezza uno nero corvo, che non farebbe un candido cigno.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio#The_Decameron_(c._1350)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/giovanni-boccaccio/the-decameron/charming-ladies-the

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