Der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht.
“The pitcher goes to the well until it breaks.”
Repeating a risky action eventually leads to a bad outcome.
— Traditional Switzerland Wisdom, Switzerland
Source: Traditional German-language proverb widely used in Switzerland, public-domain oral tradition
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