Famous quotes containing the words losing, trick and/or count:
“Southerners can never resist a losing cause.”
—Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)
“I know a trick worth two of that.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The opera isn’t over till the fat lady sings.”
—Anonymous.
A modern proverb along the lines of “don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.” This form of words has no precise origin, though both Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations (16th ed., 1992)