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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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