It is better to leap over the ditch than trust to the pleadings of good men.
Tradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Mas vale salto de mata que ruego de hombres buenos.
It is better to leap over the ditch than trust to the pleadings of good men.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione spagnola · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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