Quote by Mark Twain
A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way. – Mark Twain

Other quotes by Mark Twain

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. – Mark Twain

Category:
Carpe Diem
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Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed. – Mark Twain

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Gambling
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If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill came always together, who would escape hanging? – Mark Twain

Category:
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A race track is a place where windows clean people. – Danny Thomas

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Luck never gives; it only lends. – Swedish Proverb

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There is a very easy way to return from a casino with a small fortune: go there with a large one. – Jack Yelton

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Gambling

In most betting shops you will see three windows marked “Bet Here,” but only one window with the legend “Pay Out.” – Jeffrey Bernard

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The poem is sad because it wants to be yours, and cannot be. – John Ashbery

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If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, This is the way you want to be. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people. – Iain Duncan Smith

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Society

A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream – Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), Open House for Butterflies, 1960

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Being in love is the only transcendent experience. – Armistead Maupin

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