“Who first shall reach the mill, he first shall grind.”

—  Giovanni Maria Cecchi

Chi prima giugne al mulin, prima macina.
Gli Sciamiti, Act II., Scene III.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 270.

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Cosa c'è accanto a giugne al mulin, prima macina.

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