Fortune favors the brave.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Fortune favors the bold Bravery Courage

Speaker

Turnus

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 10.

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Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 10.

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A quote by Virgil about fortune favors the bold: “Fortune favors the brave.”

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Another quote about Courage

I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

Henry David Thoreau

Walden

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Following your dreams Taking risks Courage Success

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Source

Conclusion Walden

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1854 1850s 19th century

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden; or, Life in the Woods. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854.

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Thoreau, Henry David. "Conclusion." Walden and Civil Disobedience. Signet, 2012.

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Thou shalt not steal.

God

Exodus 20:15

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Stealing The Ten Commandments

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God

Source

Exodus The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:15).

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Another quote originally in Latin

We are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size.

Bernard of Chartres

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Bernard of Chartres

Author

John of Salisbury

Language

Latin

Time

1159 1150s 12th century

Era

Middle Ages

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Bernard of Chartres. Quoted in The Metalogicon of John of Salisbury, written by John of Salisbury. c. 1159, bk. 3.

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