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Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we read more
Someone asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the commonsensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true and incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage.
A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know read more
A man's gotta make at least one bet a day, else he could be walking around lucky and never know it
No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.
No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.
The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to read more
The race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong -- but that's the way to bet it.
When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.
When your opponent's sittin' there holdin' all the aces, there's only one thing to do: kick over the table.
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice so pleasurable that I assume it must be evil.
Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.
Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.
Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people.
Horse sense is a good judgement which keeps horses from betting on people.
