“ There is no such thing as backing a winner; for he cannot be a winner when he is backed. ”
G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World (1910). copy citation
Author | G. K. Chesterton |
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Source | What's Wrong with the World |
Topic | winner |
Date | 1910 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1717/1717-h/1717-h.htm |
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“It has no philosophy for incidents before they happen; therefore it has no power of choice. An act can only be successful or unsuccessful when it is over; if it is to begin, it must be, in the abstract, right or wrong. There is no such thing as backing a winner; for he cannot be a winner when he is backed. There is no such thing as fighting on the winning side; one fights to find out which is the winning side. If any operation has occurred, that operation was efficient. If a man is murdered, the murder was efficient.”
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