Remember the golden rule

However fearful my present predicament, however horrid the odds and dangers ahead, they’d get no better with being fretted over. It ain’t always easy, if your knees knock as hard as mine, but you must remember the golden rule: when the game’s going against you, stay calm – and cheat.

Flashman at the Charge, p.210, Pan edition, 5th printing, 1979.

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Unexpected outcomes

Have you noticed that things are never quite as bad or good as you expect them to be – at least, not in the way that you expect?

Flash For Freedom!, p.250, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1980.

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Flashman don't fret

However, I’ve seen too much of life to fret over ifs and buts. There’s nothing you can do about them, and if you find yourself at the end of the day an octogenarian with money in the bank and drink in the house – well, you’d be a fool to wish that things had fallen out differently.

Royal Flash, p.57, Pan edition, 8th printing, 1978.

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