I love what one of my favorite authors of all time had to say on the topic of gambling:
“Gambling ought never to be an important part of a man's life. If it is a way in which large sums of money are transferred from person to person without doing any good (ie., producing employment, goodwill, etc.) then it's a bad thing. If it is carried out on a small scale, I am not sure that it is bad. I don't know much about it, because it is about the only vice to which I have no temptation at all, and I think it is a risk to talk about things which are not in my own make-up, because I don't understand them. If anyone comes to me asking to play bridge for money, I just say: 'How much do you hope to win? Take it and go away.' ”
- C.S. Lewis (1944) –
Have a great Wednesday.
It is obvious that Mr. Lewis was; A) not interested in casual past times such as a game of cards and B) too intelligent to lose more money than he could afford to give away. Both of which, most people would be better off for.
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