Expected windfalls license present spending that only the win can repay.

Evidence

Gordon instructed the Four Seasons to provide breakfast—freshly squeezed orange juice, melons, coffee, and croissants and other pastries, along with fresh flowers and sterling-silver water pitchers. If it all went as expected, Gordon wouldn’t have to worry about being able to pay for it. He wouldn’t have to worry about paying for anything ever again. He also made arrangements for lunch, accompanied by an “upgraded” wine (as Gordon called it), and for dinner as well, if that should become necessary. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 1576

Categorization

• APHORISMS: The quiet warning buried here — spending as if the outcome is already banked — is the classic shape of ruin dressed as confidence.
• XREF: connects to: A trader pays a judgment only when expected future trade gains exceed the cost. — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 104; Contract law enforces promises only when stakes are high and reliance is costly; Any awarded reparations will fall short of the actual loss sustained

Broader Connections

• A trader pays a judgment only when expected future trade gains exceed the cost. #qualifies (0.95) — PAUL R. MILGRO, PAUL R. MILGRO - THE ROLE OF…, 104
• Contract law enforces promises only when stakes are high and reliance is costly #complicates (0.90)
• Any awarded reparations will fall short of the actual loss sustained #complicates (0.85)