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“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.”
“Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.”
— ALFRED SHEINWOLD
Bridge Columnist & Author · 1912 – 1997
American bridge expert whose syndicated newspaper column ran for decades. He wrote the classic 5 Weeks to Winning Bridge (1949) and co-created the Kaplan-Sheinwold bidding system.
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