you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs
In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are…In order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are made or some sacrifices must occur.
Meaning
1 sensesIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that some mistakes are made or some sacrifices must occur.
wo gehobelt wird, fallen Späne
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
1796 in English, from French, on ne saurait faire d'omelette sans casser des œufs (1742 an1796 in English, from French, on ne saurait faire d'omelette sans casser des œufs (1742 and earlier), attributed to François de Charette.
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