<P> Fortune favors the bold is the translation of a Latin proverb, which exists in several forms with slightly different wording, where Fortuna is the goddess of luck, such as </P> <Ul> <Li> audentes Fortuna iuvat (literally: "fortune favors the bold") </Li> <Li> audentes Fortuna adiuvat ("Fortune comes to the aid of those daring") </Li> <Li> Fortuna audaces iuvat (from the adjective audax, audacis, from the verb audeo), literally: "Fortune helps the bold". </Li> <Li> audentis Fortuna iuvat is used by Turnus, the antagonist of Aeneid </Li> </Ul> <Li> audentes Fortuna iuvat (literally: "fortune favors the bold") </Li> <Li> audentes Fortuna adiuvat ("Fortune comes to the aid of those daring") </Li>

Meaning of the proverb fortune favours the brave