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“Patience and shuffle the cards.
[Sp., Paciencia y barajar.]”
Cervantes (Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra) Quotes 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.”
William Cowper Quotes Source: Task (bk. IV, The Winter Evening, l. 217)
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“He's a sure card.”
John Dryden Quotes 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.”
David Garrick Quotes 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.”
Oliver Goldsmith Quotes Source: The Deserted Village (l. 231)
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“A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game.”
Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia) Quotes 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.”
Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia) Quotes Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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“Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.”
Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia) Quotes 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!”
Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia) Quotes Source: Mrs. Battle's Opinions on Whist
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