Matilde Serao quotes
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“[Gambling] is a perfidious passion. ... It is bad for one to win, and bad not to win. ... it ends by setting your blood on fire, and to increase your chances of winning at any cost, your stakes increase frightfully; the desire of winning gets to be a madness. The soul gets sick; it neither sees nor hears anything. No family ties, position, nor fortune, can stand against this passion.”
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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.”
-- Matilde SeraoSource : Matilde Serao (2017). “The Land of Cockayne (Matilde Serao) (Literary Thoughts Edition)”, p.304, epubli
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“In money matters no relationship counts; money hardens all hearts.”
-- Matilde SeraoSource : Matilde Serao (1901). “The Land of Cockayne: A Novel”
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“The same hot lightning that burns your blood with passion–– cools your fears with peace.”
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“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”
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“I feel very competitive with Robert Morse off-set. We often duke it out. He always wins.”
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“Dice have their laws, which the courts of justice cannot undo.”
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