Magic/gaming

Famous quotes containing the words magic and/or gaming:

    “The Prospero of poisons, the Faustus of the front,
    bringing mental magic to modern armament.”
    —Tony Harrison (b. 1953)

    “Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsocial man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)