biskmater
biskmater t1_j6m3lhl wrote
Reply to TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
While there’s a certain element of truth to it, as in you miss every shot you don’t take. In my experience fortune favors the lucky.
biskmater t1_j6na5pk wrote
Reply to comment by pokemastergreg in TIL That the character who first said the phrase "fortune favours the bold" - Turnus, in the Aeneid, spends the rest of the story suffering military defeats before he's killed and heads to the underworld, miserable, at the end of the last book. by Equal_Caregiver_4909
Because that's exactly what I'm saying.