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FORTUNE favours fools
Cf. L.
fortuna favet fatuis
, fortune favours fools.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
II. vi. I1
v
They saie as ofte, god sendeth fortune to fooles.
1563
Eclogues
E5
But Fortune fauours Fooles as old men saye And lets them lyue And take the wyse awaye.
1738
Fables
2nd Ser. II. xii.
‘Tis a gross error, held in schools, That Fortune always favours fools.’
1922
Red Redmaynes
xviii.
Thus he became exceedingly useful as time passed; yet fortune favours fools and his very stupidity served him well at the end.
1960
Great Fortune
I. vi.
Fortune favours fools … We were forced to tarry while he slumbered.
fools
;
luck
fortuna favet fatuis
, fortune favours fools.
1546Dialogue of Proverbs
II. vi. I1
v
They saie as ofte, god sendeth fortune to fooles.
1563
Eclogues
E5
But Fortune fauours Fooles as old men saye And lets them lyue And take the wyse awaye.
1738
Fables
2nd Ser. II. xii.
‘Tis a gross error, held in schools, That Fortune always favours fools.’
1922
Red Redmaynes
xviii.
Thus he became exceedingly useful as time passed; yet fortune favours fools and his very stupidity served him well at the end.
1960
Great Fortune
I. vi.
Fortune favours fools … We were forced to tarry while he slumbered.
fools;
luck
FORTUNE favours the brave
Cf. ENNIUS
Annals
257 (Vahlen)
fortibus est fortuna viris data
, fortune is given to the bold; VIRGIL
Aeneid
x. 284
audentes fortuna iuvat
, fortune aids the bold.
c
1385
Troilus & Criseyde
IV. 600
Thenk ek Fortune, as wel thiselves woost, Helpeth hardy man to his enprise.
c
1390
Confessio Amantis
VII. 4902
And seith, ‘Fortune unto the bolde Is favorable forto helpe.’
a
1625
Prophetess
IV. vi.
He is the scorn of Fortune: but you'll say, That she forsook him for his want of courage, But never leaves the bold.
1724
Works
(1953) II. 288
Fortune aye favours the active and bauld.
1752
in
Papers
(1939) IX. 86
Make no doubt but Fortune will favour the brave.
1885
Dr. Thorne
II. vii.
Fortune, who ever favours the brave, specially favoured Frank Gresham.
1970
Not here, not Now
II.ii.
‘May I see you home?’.. ‘Fortune favours the brave, they say.’
courage
;
luck
Annals
257 (Vahlen)
fortibus est fortuna viris data
, fortune is given to the bold; VIRGIL
Aeneid
x. 284
audentes fortuna iuvat
, fortune aids the bold.
c1385
Troilus & Criseyde
IV. 600
Thenk ek Fortune, as wel thiselves woost, Helpeth hardy man to his enprise.
c
1390
Confessio Amantis
VII. 4902
And seith, ‘Fortune unto the bolde Is favorable forto helpe.’
a
1625
Prophetess
IV. vi.
He is the scorn of Fortune: but you'll say, That she forsook him for his want of courage, But never leaves the bold.
1724
Works
(1953) II. 288
Fortune aye favours the active and bauld.
1752
in
Papers
(1939) IX. 86
Make no doubt but Fortune will favour the brave.
1885
Dr. Thorne
II. vii.
Fortune, who ever favours the brave, specially favoured Frank Gresham.
1970
Not here, not Now
II.ii.
‘May I see you home?’.. ‘Fortune favours the brave, they say.’
courage;
luck
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