He who is an ass and thinks himself a stag, finds his mistake when he comes to leap the ditch.

Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Chi asino è, e cervo esser si crede, al saltar del fosso sè ne avvede.

He who is an ass and thinks himself a stag, finds his mistake when he comes to leap the ditch.

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