Great successes are not won save by great risks. — Herodotus
Great successes are not won save by great risks.
In the original Greek
μεγάλα γὰρ πρήγματα μεγάλοισι κινδύνοισι ἐθέλει καταιρέεσθαι.
Histories · 430 BC
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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7, ch. 50.
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Herodotus. Ἱστορίαι [Histories]. c. 430 BC, bk. 7, ch. 50.