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expression () originated from one of Aesop's Fables
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, namely The Boasting Traveller. In the original Greek, it is rendered '.
The listener is challenged to prove his claims directly instead of relying on absent witnesses.
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See also
*List of Latin phrases
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{{Wiktionary Latin words and phrases