„There are many who write good deeds in the dust, and injuries on marble.“
Ve ne sono molti che scrivono i beneficii nella polvere, e l'ingiurie nel marmo.
Del Prencipe di Valacchia, p. 79.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 436.
Originale
Ve ne sono molti che scrivono i beneficii nella polvere, e l'ingiurie nel marmo.
Origine: Citato in Harbottle, p. 436
Origine: Dialoghi Piacevoli, Del Prencipe di Valacchia, p. 79
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