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Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ours

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. – Anita Brookner

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He hates chess. He says it is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something clever when they are only wasting their time. – George Bernard Shaw

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If all the year were playing holidays, to sport would be as tedious as to work. – William Shakespeare

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Life isnt all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishmans education. – Thomas Hughes

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