Horace — Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.
Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.Horace
Horace, 'Epistles'
Three verbs, in the only order that works. Beginning comes before boldness; boldness comes before wisdom. Waiting to be wise before you begin gets the sequence exactly backwards.
Say the sentence. Ask the question. Wisdom in a language is downstream of the willingness to start speaking it badly.
Words that widen the world
To dare to do or say something risky.
Synonyms: dare, risk, attempt
She ventured an answer in English.
Confident and willing to take risks.
Synonyms: daring, brave, fearless
Be bold enough to begin.
Common questions
It urges action first: start, be courageous, and let wisdom come through the daring attempt rather than waiting for it.
From the Roman poet Horace's 'Epistles'.
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