
ProverbWisdom
English origin
He that is thrown would ever wrestle.
Meaning: One who has suffered defeat becomes perpetually combative, unable to accept vulnerability.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
Equivalents in French
French: L’abattu veut toujours lutter (literally: He that is thrown would still wrestle)
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