Talk:never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake

RFD discussion: June–December 2023
A motto or aphorism, rather than a proverb. That the definition is almost entirely a rephrasing save for the last part is for certain a hint. Consider also Proverbs, this lemma certainly fails attributes 1 and 2, perhaps in addition to other ones. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  09:42, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per proponent. Makes me think of, which was unfortunately kept. PUC – 09:51, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Which in turn makes me think of (which I'm surprised we don't already have as an entry). --Overlordnat1 (talk) 10:31, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Asides, I can elaborate on the etymology. English quote sites generally stop at English sources in the mid-nineteenth century, but it is attested earlier in French, as one would expect of an authentic dictum by Napoleon. The oldest attestion that I have found is by :  quand l'ennemi fait un faux mouvement, il faux se garder de l'interrompre. A rather literal rendering of this would be "when the enemy is making a false move, one ought to withhold from interrupting him." Jomini was an officer under Napoleon, so the saying may well be authentic (I do not know how trustworthy Jomini is as a source for Napoleon). Jomini used to be widely read at West Point as well. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  21:01, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ultimateria (talk) 01:37, 5 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete, how is that dictionary content … Wikiquote stuff with unknown author. Fay Freak (talk) 12:04, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Deleted. PUC – 14:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)