No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games. – W. H. Auden

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The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil. – Heywood Broun

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

I cant believe that God plays dice with the universe. – Albert Einstein

Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry. – Oliver Goldsmith

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