Immgaib ág ocus not·imgéba.

Immgaib ág ocus not·imgéba.

(avoid * battle * and * it will avoid you)

Avoid a fight and it will avoid you.

Given in “Passions and Homilies” as the Irish equivalent of “Devitabis periculum et devitabit te.” An almost identical version of the maxim is used as the first line of a poem in FDG (p. 172): “Imgaib ágh ’s rod imgéba.” Compare both “Is cian ó ghuasacht cech faitech” and “Ná hinguib, ná hindsaig ág” in this collection.

Topics: Maxims & Wise Counsel War Peace