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Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence. His name, like the shuttlecock, must be beat backward and forward, or it falls to the ground. – Johnson

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Lawn-tennis and badminton, to speak of more elaborate games, deserve also the highest praise on the score of health, and it is to be hoped that they will enjoy a long-lived popularity. – George Black, Household Medicine: A Guide to Good Health, Long Life, and the Pro

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Birdies of a feather play badminton together. – Author unknown

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To play at Shuttle-cock, methinks, is the game now. – “The Two Maids of Mortlake,” c.1609

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Have you got the birds to play badminton? – Sporting joke

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