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“Which wouldst thou prefer, living with one leg or dying with two?”

Usama ibn Munqidh (spoken by A Frankish physician (reported by Thabit))

Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 8 (An Appreciation of the Frankish Character), trans. Philip K. Hitti

The question put to the knight before the amputation by axe, in which the patient died.

Citation: "Which wouldst thou prefer, living with one leg or dying with two?" — Usama ibn Munqidh, Memoirs of Usama ibn Munqidh, Section I, ch. 8 (An Appreciation of the Frankish Character), trans. Philip K. Hitti. (id usama-ibn-munqidh-memoirs-q3)

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