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«Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.»
«In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.»
Author: H. G. Wells
(Historian, Journalist, Novelist, Sociologist)
| About:
Politics
| Keywords:
cards, strangely, strangely enough, upwards
«A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
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admitted, beau, beaux, cards, in short, laughs, looking glass, mistress, motions, observe, presence of mind, sigh, sighs, solemnly, The Shadow
«A manager has his cards dealt to him and he must play them.»
«In order to win you must be prepared to lose something. And leave one or two cards showing.»
«Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
Life
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«How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards.»
«It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.»
«Cards were at first for benefits designed, sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.»
«Christmas is more than a time of music, merriment and mirth;it is a season of meditation, mangers and miracles.Christmas is more than a time of carols, cards and candy;it is a season of dedication and decision.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
| Keywords:
Candy From a, cards, carol, carols, Christmas Card, dedication, manger, mangers, meditation, merriment, mirth
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