Testing the Depth of the River With Both Feet

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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. – Frank Borman

In all human affairs, the odds are always six to five against. – Damon Runyon

You can only become a winner if you are willing to walk over the edge. – Ronald E. McNair

I never gamble. – John Pierpont Morgan

Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster. – Yugoslavian proverb

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success; we often discover what we will do by finding out what we will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. – Samuel Smiles

No one tests the depth of the river with both feet. – Ashanti proverb

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