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By William Shakespeare
The better part of Valour, is Discretion; in the which better part, I haue saued my life.
- Source
- Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (the First Folio), 1623 · The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, p. 72 (printed page number, seen), right column; archive.org page n389
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- Internet Archive (EEBO microfilm scan, STC 22273, of the 1623 First Folio, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, London: Isaac Iaggard and Ed. Blount; page images carry the label Folger No. 7)
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Spoken by Falstaff in The First Part of King Henry the Fourth (First Folio, 1623), after pretending to be dead on the battlefield. The sentence is complete.