“O men! be just Give aid first and counsel afterwards.”

Eh! uomini, slate giusti. Prima soccorrete, e poi consigliate.
Il Delatore, Act III, Sc. I. — (Lucia).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 298.

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Eh! uomini, slate giusti. Prima soccorrete, e poi consigliate.

da Il Delatore, Atto III, Scena I
Source: Citato in Harbottle, p. 298.

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