“Il Diamante, Act I., Scene I.”

Al gatto vecchio,
Dice il proverbio, dagli topo tenero.
Translation: To the old cat,
So says the proverb, give a tender mouse.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 244.

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Al gatto vecchio, Dice il proverbio, dagli topo tenero.

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Italian poet, playwright, writer and notary 1518–1587

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