Thinkers are seldom gamblers; gambling interrupts the habit of thought and turns it towards barren… — Jean Jacques Rousseau

Thinkers are seldom gamblers; gambling interrupts the habit of thought and turns it towards barren combinations; thus one good result, perhaps the only good result of the taste for science, is that it deadens to some extent this vulgar passion; people will prefer to try to discover the uses of play rather than to devote themselves to it.

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