He who fights and runs away lives to fight another day.
German translation: Wer durch Fliehen sich mag retten, kann wieder vor die Luke treten.
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| he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. Wer durch Fliehen sich mag retten, kann wieder vor die Luke treten. Explanation: ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2019-03-28 17:40:02 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Source for meaning of English equivalent: Martin H. Manser (2007). The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 mins (2019-03-28 17:40:46 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Strauss, Emanuel (1994). Dictionary of European proverbs (Volume 2 ed.). Routledge. p. 702. |
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peer agreement (net): +3| he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day. "Wer flieht, kann später wohl noch siegen. Ein toter Mann bleibt ewig liegen." Explanation: "For those that fly may fight again, / Which he can never do that's slain." Samuel Butler, "Hudibras". Zitatübersetzung zu finden in: Alfred Hermann Fried: Lexikon deutscher Zitate. Leipzig 1888. Übersetzer: Dietrich Wilhelm Soltau (?) |
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