God helps those who help themselves

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Etymology

First appearing in English (in this form) in 1698, in Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government. Translation of a maxim found in Ancient Greek and Roman literature; equivalent proverbs are found in many languages, such as Hungarian and Italian.

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God helps those who help themselves

  1. Good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things.

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  1. ^ Algernon Sidney (1698) chapter 2, in Discourses Concerning Government, volume 1, section 23, page 298:God helps thoſe who help themſelves; and men are by ſeveral reaſons [] induced to ſuccour an induſtrious and brave people: []

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