quote · Words worth keeping
Fortune favors the bold.
Fortune favors the bold.
Approximate historical placement: c. 75 BC · classical
From the source collection
Meaning
People who bravely go after what they want are more successful than people who try to live safely.
This explanation comes from the collection, rather than a new Edsverb interpretation. See the attribution and source notes below.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Cicero
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate historical placement: c. 75 BC · classical
author lifetime midpoint (-106–-43)
An author lifetime or approximate period is not necessarily the date when these words were written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)
Fortune · anthology attribution: Cicero
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.
The voice behind the words.
Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.
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