Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocates’ tongues, notaries’ fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.

Tradizione italiana · A Polyglot of Foreign Proverbs · 1857

Di tre cose il diavol si fa insalata: di lingue d’avvocati, di dita di notari, e la terza è riservata.

Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocates’ tongues, notaries’ fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.

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