Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games

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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The only man who makes money following the races is one who does it with a broom and shovel. – Elbert Hubbard

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

I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now and then, but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive — besides one can game ten times longer than one can do any thing else. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with. – Proverb

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