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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.   Johnson, Samuel

Excerpt from Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 · This quote is about gambling · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.


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Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English critic, poet and essayist.

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