Usages of recedere
Hostibus oppugnantibus, legio non recedit, sed turres et vallum defendit.
While the enemies are attacking, the legion does not retreat, but defends the towers and the rampart.
Qui nimis celeriter procedunt saepe ordinem amittunt; qui prudenter recedunt minus periculi habent.
Those who advance too quickly often lose order; those who retreat prudently have less danger.
Magistra addit prudentem ducem non solum procedere scire, sed etiam recedere, cum necesse sit.
The teacher adds that a wise general knows not only how to advance, but also how to retreat when it is necessary.
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