He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months’ end.
Tradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
Qui veut être riche en un an, au bout de six mois est pendu.
He who wants to be rich in a year is hanged at six months’ end.
Translation in the cited editionTradizione francese · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857
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