The Wise and Ingenious Companion, French and English; / or, A Collection of the Wit of the Illustrious Persons, Both Ancient and Modern

by Abel Boyer

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As one was disuading Marcus Brutus from fighting, he said: What harm can I get by it? I can but over­come or die. And as some advised him after his defeat to save him­self by flight: A Man, said he, ought to save himself with his Hands, and not with his Feet.

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Marcus Brutus, qu’on vouloit détourner d’aller au Combat, dit: Quel mal peut-il m’en arriver? je ne puis que vaincre ou mourir. Et sur ce que quelques uns lui con­seil­loient après sa defaite de se sauver par la fuite: Il se faut, dit-il, sauver avec les Mains, & non pas avec les Pieds.