📚 proverb • entry_id 48666
forewarned is forearmed
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hombre prevenido vale por dos
Advance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.
Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.
[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.
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