Rule number one: Throw in your cards the moment you know they can't win. Fold the hand.

Rounders

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Topic

Cutting your losses Playing cards Gambling

Speaker

Jo

Actor

Gretchen Mol

Source

Rounders

Genre

Drama (film) Drama

Statement Type

Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1998 1990s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Rounders. Directed by John Dahl, Spanky Pictures, 1998.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.

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Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1750 1750s 18th century
Era
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Authentication Score 2
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Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.