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9 Quotes for 'Cards' in the Database.
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Cards Quotes
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Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]
Author: Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra)
Source: Don Quixote (II, 23)
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With spots quadrangular of diamond form,
Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife,
And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.
Author: William Cowper
Source: Task (bk. IV, The Winter Evening, l. 217)
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He's a sure card.
Author: John Dryden
Source: The Spanish Friar (act II, sc. 2)
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Cards were at first for benefits designed,
Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.
Author: David Garrick
Source: Epilogue to Ed. Moore's Gamester
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The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
Author: Oliver Goldsmith
Source: The Deserted Village (l. 231)
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A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.
Author: Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia)
Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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The game [of poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism
that have made our country so great.
Author: Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia)
Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.
Author: Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia)
Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you
are preparing for yourself!
[Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle
triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!
Author: Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia)
Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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