the beaten road is the safest

the beaten road is the safest

proverb It is less risky to do things in ways that have been tried and tested by others before you. I know you want to innovate with everything your company is doing, but you're going to go bankrupt if you don't have some form of stability in your day-to-day operations. When it comes to running a business, the beaten road is the safest.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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