It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.


Aphorisms on Man (ed. 1794)


It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.