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discretion is the better part of valor
"be sensible when you are brave; be courageous but not reckless" In all your battles, be brave but not foolish. Discretion is the better part of valor.
Discretion is the better part of valour
It is useless to take unnecessary risks.
discretion is the better part of valor|discretion|
literary When you are in danger or trouble, good sense helps more than foolish risks; it is better to be careful than to be foolishly brave.

A proverb.
When you are facing a man with a knife, discretion is the better part of valor.
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