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fortune favors the brave
prov. (alternative form of fortune favors the bold English)
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Fortune Favors the Brave (film)
Fortune Favors the Brave (, literally "The Genie of the Bells, or the Bellringer's Son") was a 1908 French silent fantasy film directed by Georges Méliès.
Usage examples of "fortune favors the brave".
I reminded myself that fortune favors the brave, not the party with the most rifles.