Winning can teach a beginner the wrong lesson

Evidence

Schlichtmann’s gamble had paid off, but it had been foolhardy, dignified only by his inexperience and the fact that he’d won. It was not necessarily the best sort of lesson for a fledgling lawyer. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 262

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A durable piece of life-advice: a successful gamble rewards bad process, and early luck can corrupt judgment.