proverb · Words worth keeping
Fortune favors the brave.
Fortune favors the brave.
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Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
Fortune favouring the brave gives courage a possible advantage in pursuing an aim. The saying personifies a good outcome as choosing bold people.
What the words are saying
The favour is encouragement rather than proof that risk is rewarded. A useful application checks a particular attempt’s feasibility, costs and support. Caution can be wise, and an unsuccessful outcome does not establish cowardice or insufficient determination.
Everyday example
Someone considers a suitable attempt while acknowledging that courage cannot guarantee its result.
When to use it
Use it as qualified encouragement with the actual risk assessed.
What it does not mean
No guaranteed success, required risk or moral verdict from failure is established.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
Argentina
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- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided wisdom reference (2014 AD)
Supplied reference B; unit 194; PDF page 24; collection label: Argentina
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- Culture
- Argentina