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He swore not to stake another sou. Only this oath and his healthy constitution freed him from sleeplessness, which sits at the bedhead of all gamblers.
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In money matters no relationship counts; money hardens all hearts.
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One starts gambling for a joke, out of curiosity, as a little challenge to fortune. One goes on, pricked to the quick by delusions, excited by vague desires that grow. Woe to you if you win anything - an AMBO, a small TERNO! It is all up with you, for your chance of winning seems certain.... It is the devil's money going back to hell.
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What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.
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Born:
March 7, 1856
Died:
July 25, 1927
(aged 71)
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