
ProverbPerseverance
Polish 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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