Quote by Denis Diderot
The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the e

The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice. – Denis Diderot

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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go. – Denis Diderot

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. – Denis Diderot

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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot

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

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

Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair. – Proverb

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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