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Poker is a microcosm of all we admire and disdain about capitalism and democracy. It can be rough-hewn or polished, warm or cold, charitable and caring, or hard and impersonal, fickle and elusive, but ultimately it is fair, and right, and just. ~Lou Krieger



The historian has been the hearth at which the soul of the country has been kept alive. ~John Morley, Notes on Politics and History



When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. ~Eric Hoffer, Passionate State of Mind, 1955



Things do not pass for what they are, but for what they seem. Most things are judged by their jackets. ~Baltasar Gracian Things look different from the seat of a bike carrying a sleeping bag with a cold beer tucked inside. ~Jim Malusa



Each fairy breath of summer, as it blows with loveliness, inspires the blushing rose. ~Author Unknown



We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss. ~Charles de Lint



Poker, n. A game said to be played with cards for some purpose to this lexicographer unknown. ~Ambrose Bierce



Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. ~From a Washington Post word contest



Chance takers are accident makers. ~Author Unknown



At high tide the fish eat ants; at low tide the ants eat fish. ~Thai Proverb



If you pick 'em up, O Lord, I'll put 'em down. ~Author Unknown, "Prayer of the Tired Walker"



I say me, knowing all the while it's not me. ~Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable, 1953



Modesty: The art of encouraging people to find out for themselves how wonderful you are. ~Source Unknown



Things of the spirit differ from things material in that the more you give the more you have. ~Christopher Morley



It is better to drink of deep griefs than to taste shallow pleasures. ~William Hazlitt, Characteristics, 1823



The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ~Edward Phelps



Diplomacy: The art of saying "nice doggie" until you can find a rock. ~Wynn Catlin



Some mothers are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together. ~Pearl S. Buck



Age is only a number, a cipher for the records. A man can't retire his experience. He must use it. ~Bernard Baruch



It isn't so much that hard times are coming; the change observed is mostly soft times going. ~Groucho Marx