• Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 312.
Il cielo chiude volentieri gli occhi a nostri difetti, quando non son fatti avanti gli occhi del mondo, e quando per mancanza di testimoni non possa compire perfettamente il processo contra di noi.
• Translation: Heaven is always ready to shut its eyes to our sins when they are not committed before the eyes of the world, and when the lack of witnesses makes it impossible to bring the charge home to us.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Il cielo chiude volentieri gli occhi a nostri difetti, quando non son fatti avanti gli occhi del mondo, e quando per mancanza di testimoni non possa compire perfettamente il processo contra di noi.
• Translation: Heaven is always ready to shut its eyes to our sins when they are not committed before the eyes of the world, and when the lack of witnesses makes it impossible to bring the charge home to us." in the context of "Il Don Pilone (1711), Act III., Sc. V. — (Don Pilone.)
• Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 312." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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