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RUSerious asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 10 years ago

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.?

To whom is the phrase, "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" ascribed to? In other words, where did this phrase originate from? Was it Ben Franklin? Does it come from the Bible? Or, ????

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  • 10 years ago
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    " Origin of :nothing ventured nothing gained

    NOTHING VENTURED, NOTHING GAINED - " You can't get anywhere unless you're willing to take a risk. The saying dates back to Chaucer (c. 1374) and is similar to the late fourteenth century French proverb: Qui onques rien n'enprist riens n'achieva (He who never undertook anything never achieved anything) The proverb was included in John Heyword's collection of proverbs in 1546. First cited in the United States in 'Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden . It takes varying forms: Nothing ventured, nothing lost, nothing ventured, nothing won, etc. ." From the "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996)"

  • 5 years ago

    Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Absolutely, totally & positively! I think it's important to include the "ventures" we make on the inside. (Not just business ventures, money, meeting people & tangible things.) Your question is very straight forward; if you venture nothing, you'll gain nothing. This is in philosophy, so I'm not going to wander off into "losses" from ventures. To "venture" is the intention or hope of obtaining a satisfactory outcome. If we didn't venture, I rather think we'd all be "lumps."

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