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  Those who know that something is coming are better prepared to face it than those who do not know.
• forewarned is forearmed
  forewarned is forearmed

  Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

Forewarned is forearmed

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1. Those who know that something is coming are better prepared to face it than those who do not know.

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forewarned is forearmed Idioms  

1. Knowledge in advance enables one to be prepared, as in Let me know when he's in town so I can take the phone off the hook—forewarned is forearmed. This expression originated as a Latin proverb, Praemonitus, praemunitus, which was translated into English by the early 1500s. It soon was put to broader use than its original military applications.

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Forewarned is forearmed, unless you believe the rules of public propriety are only for others.

From Time Magazine Archive

Forewarned is forearmed, and, at the risk of frightening you, I must bid you prepare for the worst.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Henry Kingsley

He made an effort to laugh in his turn: "Forewarned is forearmed," he said.

From 813 by Maurice Leblanc

Forewarned is forearmed; and this fact alone prevented the Germans from carrying out their designs.

From The Boy Allies at Jutland by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

"Forewarned is forearmed, they say; and if we know Eugene is laying low for us, we can be on our guard."

From The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave by James Carson

When it comes to tick-borne illness, forewarned is forearmed.

From Scientific American ● Jul. 7, 2022

The picture of aging and loss isn't pretty, but forewarned is forearmed.

From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2017

It is, says Shimizu, a case of forewarned is forearmed.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2014

But forewarned is forearmed, and Marjorie only replied pleasantly when Bertha made a sullen remark.

From Marjorie's Maytime by Carolyn Wells

But when they had gone some distance in moody silence, the Viscount spoke: "Beverley," said he, "forewarned is forearmed!"

From The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol

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