ProverbPerseverancePolish origin

Do odważnych świat należy

Meaning: Courage is rewarded.

Literally: The world belongs to the brave

Example: “Spróbuj swoich sił w konkursie! Do odważnych świat należy.” — Try your luck in the competition! Fortune favors the bold.

Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, and Italian

  • English: Faint heart never won a fair lady.
  • French: Jamais honteux n’eut belle amie (literally: Faint heart never won fair lady)
  • Spanish: Quien no se arriesga, no pasa la mar (literally: He who takes no risk does not cross the sea)
  • Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (Koketsu ni irazunba koji wo ezu) (literally: If you do not enter the tiger's den, you will not get the tiger cub)
  • German: Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt (literally: Who doesn't dare doesn't win)
  • Italian: Chi non risica non rosica (literally: Whoever doesn't risk doesn't nibble)

Origin: The Polish form of the Latin audentes fortuna iuvat, fortune helps the bold, from Virgil's Aeneid.

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