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Source: The Heart of Betrayal
Source: Bitten
“There are no rules in survival.”
Source: The Heart of Betrayal
Spiritual Canticle of The Soul and The Bridegroom
“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.”
Source: The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
“If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.”
                                        
                                         Presidential Statement on the Observation of Law Day http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/education/bsa/citizenship_merit_badge/speeches/address_convention_hall.pdf (30 April 1958) 
1950s
                                    
                                        
                                        Speech at Binghamton Community High School (1968). 
Other
                                    
“Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.”
                                        
                                        This maxim (perhaps of gambling or horse racing origin) is widely attributed to Warren Buffett and, as such, has traditionally been cited in print; notably, it was attributed (perhaps facetiously) to him by Mary Buffett in, The Tao of Warren Buffett. A more uncommon, less well known version, and perhaps one with a more lasting credibility (or certainly with a higher degree of checkability), would be: "The first rule is don't lose, and the second rule is never forget the first rule." This version was noted by Steve Forbes in a friendly meeting in Omaha, in an article published as: Jay-Z, Buffett and Forbes on Success and Giving Back. This article is available on the Forbes website, published on September 23, 2010. 
Disputed 
Variant: Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget rule No. 1.
                                    
“James Blunt - a man who recently got voted more annoying than paper cuts.”
Dandelion Mind (2010)
Source: Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir (1937), p. 44.
 
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                         
                            
                        
                        
                        