English Explanatory Dictionary

fas est et ab hoste doceri

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One should be open to lessons from other people, even from one's enemies.

Word forms

fas est et ab hoste doceri

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fas est et ab hoste doceri (literally “it is right to be taught even by [one's] enemy”).

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