"Curst is the wretch enslaved to such a vice, who ventures life and soul upon the dice" Horace
"Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half-way to meet it" Douglas Jerrold
"When Fortune smiles, embrace her!" Thomas Fuller
"Good fortune is not known until it is lost" Cervantes
"Gambling - The sure way of getting nothing for something" Wilson Mizner
"Man is a gaming animal" Charles Lamb
"Nine gamblers could not feed a single rooster" Yugoslav Proverb
"There is enough energy wasted in poker to make a hundred thousand successful men every year" Arthur Brisbane
"Money won, virtue gone" Yiddish Proverb
"Give me chastity and continence, but do not give it yet" St. Augustine
"When you win, nothing hurts" Joe Namath
"Bookie - A pickpocket who lets you use your own hands" Henry Morgan
"You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it matters" Eugene McCarthy
"The better the gambler the worse the man" Publilius Syrus
"The next best thing to winning at cards is losing at cards" - "Nick The Greek" Dandolos
"I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: It generates kindness and consolidates society" Samuel Johnson
"Gaming corrupts our dispositions, and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind" Thomas Jefferson
"Nothing stings more sharply than the loss of money" Livy
"The strength of Monaco is the weakness of the world" H.A. Gibbons
"A gamester begins by being a dupe and ends by being a rascal" Descamps
"The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling" Ambrose Bierce
"There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: When he can't afford it, and when he can" Mark Twain
"I long ago came to the conclusion that all life is six to five against" Damon Runyon
"The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket" Kin Hubbard
"The only man who makes money following the races is the one who does so with a broom and shovel" Elbert Hubbard
"Keep flax from fire, and youth from gaming" Benjamin Franklin
"He that lives upon hope will die fasting" Benjamin Franklin
"At any rate, I am convinced that God does not play dice with the Cosmos" Albert Einstein
"Gambling is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief" George Washington
"If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: The rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time" Chinese Proverb
"The devil invented dicing" St. Augustine
"Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people" W.C. Fields
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