“I long ago come to the conclusion that all life is six to five against.”

—  Damon Runyon

A Nice Price
Compare with Tom Stoppard in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead: "Life is a gamble, at terrible odds — if it was a bet you wouldn't take it."

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