A lawyer must be told things frankly; then it's up to us to muddle them up.
• Ch. 3, p. 35
• Ch. 3, p. 35
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All'avvocato bisogna raccontar le cose chiare: a noi tocca poi a imbrogliarle.
— Alessandro Manzoni
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "All'avvocato bisogna raccontar le cose chiare: a noi tocca poi a imbrogliarle." in the context of "A lawyer must be told things frankly; then it's up to us to muddle them up.
• Ch. 3, p. 35" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Alessandro Manzoni" (Quotes, The Betrothed (1827; 1842): I promessi sposi, [The Betrothed]; Manzoni's first version of this story was written between April 1821 and September 1823 and titled Fermo e Lucia. He then heavily revised and finished it as Gli sposi promessi in August 1825; after two years of corrections and proof-checking, it was first published as I promessi sposi in 1827. Manzoni afterwards revised this into the dialect of Florence for the final revision published in 1842. English quotations and page-numbers are taken from the translation of Archibald Colquhoun (1956), unless otherwise indicated. · The Betrothed (1834), as published by Richard Bentley )
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About Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian novelist, poet, dramatist and critic, most famous for his novel I promessi sposi (The Betrothed).
About Alessandro Manzoni
Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Manzoni (7 March 1785 – 22 May 1873) was an Italian novelist, poet, dramatist and critic, most famous for his novel I promessi sposi (The Betrothed).
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