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“The better part of valour is discretion.”
Provenance
- Source:
- Henry IV, Part 1
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-05-01
- Hash:
- d17ec88d7a05f124833ac7afd852ff4866288347e7e4c7bbe0936b783794f696
public domainCanonical
Public domain — Henry IV, Part 1
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