Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Celuy qui fuit de bonne heure

Pent combattre derechef

(He who flies at the right time can fight again).

Satyre Menippée (1594).

Qui fuit peut revenir aussi;

Qui meurt, il n'en est pas ainsi

(He who flies can also return; but it is not so with him who dies).

Scarron (1610-1660).

He that fights and runs away

May turn and fight another day;