Discretion is the better part of valour

[FnG]magnolia

[FnG]magnolia

[FnG]magnolia

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Hello handsomes, you look magnificent! :love:

'Discretion is the better part of valour' is a slight warping of the actual Shakespeare quote: 'the better part of valor is discretion. ' The line comes from Shakespeare's play, Henry IV Part 1, Act V Scene 4. It's spoken by Shakespeare's popular knight, Sir John Falstaff, who appears in no fewer than four of his plays (source, probably)

"The line means that you would be foolish to act like a hero if it is going to disadvantage you and it’s better to stop yourself if an action you would like to take is going to hurt you. But in the case of Falstaff, it is deeply cynical. One of the main themes of the play is honor. Shakespeare looks at honor from several angles and the character and actions of Falstaff, highly comical and hugely entertaining, is a close, serious look at one of those aspects of honor – in Falstaff’s case the lack of honor.' (source per above)
https://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/quotes/famous/discretion-better-part-of-valor/
Describe in excruciating detail three (or more!) times when a reasonable observer would have considered your actions both foolish and disadvantageous and where stopping your future actions would have avoided hurting yourself.

I'll play along once we get some wind in our sails :)

Mags
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Do you think there's such a thing as heroic acts or is it all just foolishness or self righteousness?

Pity the fool as BA used to say.
 
jsmoke said:
Do you think there's such a thing as heroic acts or is it all just foolishness or self righteousness?

Pity the fool as BA used to say.
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I think - noting I'm not as smart as Mr Shakespeare - that I do first and then regret second. For most of the big stuff, anyway. I don't believe this is heroic, I think it's poor decision making that often somehow works out better than expected (my threads on here withstanding, obvs).

What do our other heroes think?
 
Is jumping on a grenade to save your teammates heroic or foolish?

I think you'd struggle to find a 100% heroic act, mainly impulsive reactions which are usually largely foolish.

But then maybe I'm just a coward?
 
[FnG]magnolia said:
Hello handsomes, you look magnificent! :love:

'Discretion is the better part of valour' is a slight warping of the actual Shakespeare quote: 'the better part of valor is discretion. ' The line comes from Shakespeare's play, Henry IV Part 1, Act V Scene 4. It's spoken by Shakespeare's popular knight, Sir John Falstaff, who appears in no fewer than four of his plays (source, probably)

"The line means that you would be foolish to act like a hero if it is going to disadvantage you and it’s better to stop yourself if an action you would like to take is going to hurt you. But in the case of Falstaff, it is deeply cynical. One of the main themes of the play is honor. Shakespeare looks at honor from several angles and the character and actions of Falstaff, highly comical and hugely entertaining, is a close, serious look at one of those aspects of honor – in Falstaff’s case the lack of honor.' (source per above)
Describe in excruciating detail three (or more!) times when a reasonable observer would have considered your actions both foolish and disadvantageous and where stopping your future actions would have avoided hurting yourself.

I'll play along once we get some wind in our sails :)

Mags
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Are you mental? You should listen to some Alan Watts :D He will help you calm these thoughts…
 
Such conscientious deflections from the OP. Wotcha trying to get off your chest?
 
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