Retreating is not the same as fleeing.
More Spanish Proverbs:
It is not the load but the overload that kills.Spanish
It is not the load but the overload that kills.
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Cow of many -- well milked and badly fed.
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To love and be wise is impossible.
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The wrong doer is never without a pretext.
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The church, the sea, or the royal household, for whoever would thrive.
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