Quote by Heywood Broun
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable

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

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I doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream. – Heywood Broun

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Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. – Heywood Broun

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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

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

Nobody has ever bet enough on a winning horse. – Proverb

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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