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Discretion is better than valor.

What it means
Charging in looks more admirable than holding back, but bravery alone ignores the consequences. Careful judgment counts for more than raw courage, because knowing when not to act is its own strength.
Ndebele · Southern Africa
Source and context
From: Ndebele, Southern Africa
Source: Ndebele proverb (Kwabo kagwala akulasililo); documented in Pelling, "Ndebele Proverbs and Other Sayings" (Mambo Press, 1977) and "A Practical Ndebele Dictionary" (Longman Zimbabwe, 1994)

The meaning given here is our own reading. Other interpretations exist.

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