you can't win 'em all

Success is not inevitable, as in They published your article but not your rebuttal to the reviewer? Well, you can't win 'em all. [First half of 1900s] For a synonym, see win some, lose some.

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you can't squeeze blood from a turnip, you can't take it with you, you can't teach an old dog new tricks, you can't unscramble an egg, you can't win, you can't win 'em all, you cannot serve god and mammon, you could cut it with a knife, you don't say, you get what you pay for, you just don't get it