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Fisharound Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

"Discretion is the better part of valour" meaning?

what does this sentence mean?

Having seen his ally overwhelmed in this startling fashion, Count Vulgrin decided that discretion was the better part of valour.
  

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And does this sentence "If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run. " tell us to give up and escape if you can't not avoid trouble? THANKS

— Fisharound

  • And does this sentence "If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run.
  • " tell us to give up and escape if you can't not avoid trouble?
  • THANKS
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And does this sentence "If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run. "

tell us to give up and escape if you can't not avoid trouble?

THANKS
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He has decided that it is better to leave the field of battle than stay and be killed. Effectively, it is stupid to continue doing something when the odds are so much against you.
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Fisharound
And does this sentence "If you can't avoid trouble, then throw valour to the winds and run. "
tell us to give up and escape if you can't not avoid trouble?

THANKS

Yes
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to disappear discreetly was recommended even for the valiant ones in the given situation
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I think it is open to interpretation to some degree, but the most important thing about the statement (in this context) is that strength is not in fighting simply to fight (or prove your strength through force), but it is to choose when to fight based on your beliefs. Choose your battles.

It is also a statement about modesty. Being discrete is a strength. Discretion can mean choice, b
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Being discreet is a strength.

Discrete means individually separate and distinct.
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