“A lawyer must be told things frankly; then it's up to us to muddle them up.”

— Alessandro Manzoni, book The Betrothed

All'avvocato bisogna raccontar le cose chiare: a noi tocca poi a imbrogliarle.
Source: The Betrothed (1827; 1842), Ch. 3, p. 35

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