Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Meaning: Don't risk everything on one venture.

Origin: English proverb from the 17th century, popularized by Cervantes.

Translations

• French: Ne mettez pas tous vos œufs dans le même panier (literally: Don't put all your eggs in the same basket)
• Spanish: No pongas todos los huevos en la misma canasta (literally: Don't put all eggs in the same basket)
• Japanese: 一つのカゴに全ての卵を入れるな (Hitotsu no kago ni subete no tamago wo ireru na) (literally: Don't put all eggs in one basket)

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