"Discretion Is The Greater Part Of Valour."

Saturday Proverb:

Proverb: "Discretion is the greater part of valour."

Meaning: 

Sometimes it's important to know when to give up and run away, instead of always acting brave and maybe getting hurt.

History / Interesting Fact:

This proverb was said in Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part I when Prince Hal finds the cowardly Falstaff pretending to be dead on the battlefield, the prince assumes he has been killed. After the prince leaves the stage, Falstaff rationalizes “The better part of Valour, is Discretion; in the which better part, I haue (have) saued (saved) my life”