英语词汇he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day
词源	he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day. The Athenian orator Demosthenes when a young man fought in the infantry against the Macedonians at the battle of Chaero- nea. The Athenians were overwhelmed, losing 3,000 men, and Demosthenes deserted the battlefield. When he was called a coward, however, he replied, “The man who runs away may fight again,” which is the original of this saying. See demosthenic.
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