英语词汇“discretion is the better part of valour”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P3. Proverb. discretion is the better part of valour and variants: one should know when to be prudent and when to be brave, and act accordingly; it is better to be cautious than to be thoughtlessly bold. Cf. he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day at live v.¹ Phrases 11a. [Compare ancient Greek καὶ τοῦτό τοι τἀνδρεῖον, ἡ προμηθία forethought, this too is bravery (Euripides Suppliants 510).]

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1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 23 Than as wyse and discrete he withdrewe him sayng that more is worth a good retrayte, than a folisshe abydinge.]

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 119 The better parte of valour is discretion .

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. I Bess. My sword forst, but not lost; for discreetely I renderd it to saue that imputation. 1 Gent. It shewed discretion the best part of valour.

1653 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes I. ii. ii. 45 You ought not to mix rashnesse and valour together: Discretion is the better part of valour.

1800 E. M. James Hist. Jenny Spinner Introd. 6 His good lady..exhorted me not to talk too much against ghosts, but bid me remember, ‘Discretion is the better part of valour’.

1867 ‘A Royalist’ Loyalist's Daughter III. xxxiii. 20 ‘Our enemies are too many for us, and when “discretion is the better part of valour”,—’ ‘Yes; but, Kate,’ interrupted the lady, ‘silence is the better part of discretion.’

1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Feb. 12/6 I wanted to mention their names, but as ‘discretion is the better part of valour’, I shall leave the matter to the selectors.

2006 H. Sebag-Montefiore Dunkirk ix. 98 Sarin and his men, realizing that discretion was the better part of valour, ran away from those threatening them, and made good their escape.

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释义	> as lemmas discretion is the better part of valour P3. Proverb. discretion is the better part of valour and variants: one should know when to be prudent and when to be brave, and act accordingly; it is better to be cautious than to be thoughtlessly bold. Cf. he who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day at live v.¹ Phrases 11a. [Compare ancient Greek καὶ τοῦτό τοι τἀνδρεῖον, ἡ προμηθία forethought, this too is bravery (Euripides Suppliants 510).] ΚΠ 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 23 Than as wyse and discrete he withdrewe him sayng that more is worth a good retrayte, than a folisshe abydinge.] 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 119 The better parte of valour is discretion . View more context for this quotation 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. I Bess. My sword forst, but not lost; for discreetely I renderd it to saue that imputation. 1 Gent. It shewed discretion the best part of valour. 1653 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes I. ii. ii. 45 You ought not to mix rashnesse and valour together: Discretion is the better part of valour. 1800 E. M. James Hist. Jenny Spinner Introd. 6 His good lady..exhorted me not to talk too much against ghosts, but bid me remember, ‘Discretion is the better part of valour’. 1867 ‘A Royalist’ Loyalist's Daughter III. xxxiii. 20 ‘Our enemies are too many for us, and when “discretion is the better part of valour”,—’ ‘Yes; but, Kate,’ interrupted the lady, ‘silence is the better part of discretion.’ 1930 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Feb. 12/6 I wanted to mention their names, but as ‘discretion is the better part of valour’, I shall leave the matter to the selectors. 2006 H. Sebag-Montefiore Dunkirk ix. 98 Sarin and his men, realizing that discretion was the better part of valour, ran away from those threatening them, and made good their escape. extracted from discretionn. < as lemmas
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