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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an u

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. – Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson
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I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. – Samuel Johnson

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Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse. – Proverb

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Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination. – William S. Burroughs

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Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair. – Proverb

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The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. – English Proverb

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