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bdlngton

Mar 31, 2005, 3:58 PM

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Need help with proverb

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What is the exact word of the Spanish proverb for "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." I know it's something like "Quien no se aventura no gana el mar." I'm pretty sure about the second half of it (no gana el mar,) but not so about the first part (quien no se aventura.)
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cristalhombre

Mar 31, 2005, 8:55 PM

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Re: [bdlngton] Need help with proverb

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As you might have guessed PS, I don't know the correct Spanish, but in Mandrin Chinese it would simply be reversed, "deniag gnihton, derutnev gnihton"......you see, I do know something about languages. SA (any guess what SA stands for).

Another source for the correct proverb would be the well known novel, el Bible. I think Mel Gibson wrote the screen play version. check that source too.

Chayito

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"NOT ALL WHO WANDER ARE LOST...."

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abelsn

Apr 1, 2005, 11:57 AM

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"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."

"El que no arriesga, no gana."

quevedo

Apr 1, 2005, 12:23 PM

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Re: [abelsn] Correcto

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Otras formas incluyen: "El que no arriesga no cruza el mar" y "El que no se arriesga no cruza el río"; y otra, más usada en España: "Quien no arriesga no cruza la mar".

Un saludo cordial,

Quevedo