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A man's idee in a card game is war


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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.



A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.

A man's idea in a game of cards is war, cruel, devastating, and pitiless. A lady's idea of it is a combination of larceny, embezzlement and burglary.



A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.



The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.

The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.



Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.



That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.



What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.

What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.



An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.

An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.



Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.

Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.



I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.

I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.





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High school will probably be better. I mean, some kids will still be jerks, but it's not so bad if you have at least one good friend. Someone who gets you.

High school will probably be better. I mean, some kids will still be jerks, but it's not so bad if you have at least one good friend. Someone who gets you.



Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon your reason and your judgment wage war against your passion and your appetite.



There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war only patriots and traitors.

There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war only patriots and traitors.



For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.



They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women.

They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women.



Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people.

Strangely enough I like the kind to which I belong: people.



This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.

This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.



In the New World, happiness is enforced.

In the New World, happiness is enforced.



Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.

Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.




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