大丈夫能屈能伸的英文係咩

「大丈夫能屈能伸」英文找到以下兩個版本，第2句似乎係直譯：(1) A great (or successful) man knows when to yield and when not.(2) A great (or successful) man can bend and stretch.

2010-07-23 13:06:01 補充：
另找到一句:
(3) Better bend than break
意思 : 寧曲勿折；大丈夫能屈能伸。
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'' To bend and to be straight that the great men can be.''

" 大丈夫能屈能伸 " 的英交是這樣.

大丈夫能屈能伸
Better bend than break

a big guy can take temporary set-backs.