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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. – Henry Louis Mencken

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As a game of mingled skill and chance, Billiards stands at the head of what may be called Indoor Athletics. Requiring far less mental exertion than Chess… it provides amusement for the mind, it also affords exercise for the body. – Captain Crawley (George Frederick Pardon, 1824–1884), The Billiard Book, 1

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At my house, when a missing pawn shows up in the Scrabble tiles, it counts as an extra blank. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Games lubricate the body and the mind. – Benjamin Franklin

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Cards are war, in disguise of a sport. – Charles Lamb

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