ProverbPerseverance
Spanish origin
Spanish originQuien no se arriesga, no pasa la mar
Meaning: Without taking risks you achieve nothing.
Literally: He who takes no risk does not cross the sea
Example: “Si quieres abrir tu negocio, hazlo. Quien no se arriesga, no pasa la mar.” — If you want to open your business, do it: nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Equivalents in English, French, Japanese, German, Italian, and Polish
English: Faint heart never won a fair lady.
French: Jamais honteux n’eut belle amie (literally: Faint heart never won fair lady)
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)
Polish: Do odważnych świat należy (literally: The world belongs to the brave)
Origin: Crossing the sea was the great risk of the old world; whoever won't take it stays on shore.
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