Cards Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Cards


Paciencia y barajar. Patience and shuffle the cards. Cervantes—Don Quixote. II. 23.	1
With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves. Cowper—Task. Bk. IV. The Winter Evening. L. 217.	2
He’s a sure card. Dryden—The Spanish Friar. Act II. Sc. 2.	3
Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. Garrick—Epilogue to Ed. Moore’s Gamester.	4
The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. Goldsmith—Deserted Village. L. 231.	5
A clear fire, a clean hearth, and the rigour of the game. Lamb—Mrs. Battle’s Opinions on Whist.	6
Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Hélas! quelle triste vieilesse vous vous préparez! You do not play then at whist, sir! Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! Talleyrand.	7