“By art and swindling here
Men live for half the year;
By swindling and by art
They live the other part.”

Per arte e per inganno
Si vive mezzo l’anno;
Per inganno e per arte
Si vive l’altra parte.
L’Esaltazion della Croce, Act IV., Scene IX.
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 390.

Original

Per arte e per inganno Si vive mezzo l'anno; Per inganno e per arte Si vive l'altra parte.

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Variant: Per arte e per inganno
Si vive mezzo l’anno;
Per inganno e per arte
Si vive l’altra parte.

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