“You cannot believe a woman, even when she is dead.”

Act I, scene II. — (Polinico).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 241.
La Calandria (c. 1507)

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A donna non si può credere, eziam poi che è morta.

La Calandria (c. 1507)

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Italian cardinal and playwright 1470–1520

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