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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the read more
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
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.
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
In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win
In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win
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.
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.
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.
The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.
The best throw with the dice is to throw them away.
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.