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don't_put_all_your_eggs_in_one_basket

don't put all your eggs in one basket

English

Proverb

don't put all your eggs in one basket

Don't dedicate all your resources into one thing.
Don’t count on any one thing to keep what is valuable safe.

Translations

don't dedicate all your resources into one thing

French: il ne faut pas mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier (fr)

Spanish: no hay que poner todos los huevos en una sola canasta

References

Gregory Y. Titelman, Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, 1996, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, p. 70.