Take your chance, as many a good ship has done.

What it means

Every ship that ever made port first left the harbour without a guarantee. Risk is the price of any voyage worth taking. Cast off.

The source

"Take your chance, as many a good ship has done." This Scottish proverb is recorded in Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland (3rd ed.), p. 271. Translated by Original Scots (Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland, 1862).

"Tak your venture, as mony a gude ship has done."

Original Scots (Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland, 1862), Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland (3rd ed.), p. 271. Text read at archive.org.

Who said it

Proverbs of the world (Every age). Sayings from the Latin, Greek, Norse, Japanese, Chinese and more, each traced to an old source in its own language.

Questions

What does "Take your chance, as many a good ship has done." mean?

Every ship that ever made port first left the harbour without a guarantee. Risk is the price of any voyage worth taking. Cast off.

Who said "Take your chance, as many a good ship has done."?

Scottish proverb. Source: Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland (3rd ed.), p. 271.

What is the original wording?

Tak your venture, as mony a gude ship has done (Original Scots (Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland, 1862)). Translated by Original Scots (Hislop, The Proverbs of Scotland, 1862).

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