faint heart never won fair lady
English
Alternative forms
- faint heart never won fair maiden
Proverb
faint heart never won fair lady
- One must take risks in order to achieve a goal; success requires enterprise.
Translations
one must take risks in order to achieve a goal — see also no pain, no gain
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See also
Further reading
- “faint heart never won fair lady”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “faint heart never won fair lady”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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