“Each man is contained and constrained, on entering social life, to fit his own life in, just as he fits his words and thoughts into a language that was formed without and before him and which is impervious to his power. Entering the game, as it were, whether of belonging to a nation or of using a language, a man enters arrangements which it does not fall to him to determine, but only to learn and respect the rules.” MenDoeFallGamesLanguageNationsSocialFitDetermineBelongingArrangementsEnteringSocial LifeImpervious Author:Alain Finkielkraut
“Gaming is a kind of tacit confession that the company engaged therein do in general exceed the bounds of their respective fortunes, and therefore they cast lots to determine upon whom the ruin shall at present fall, that the rest may be saved a little longer.” KindMayLittlesFallCompanyFortuneBoundsCastsDetermineSavedRuinsEngagedGamblingConfessionExceedGamingTacit Book:Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books ; with an analysis of the work Source: Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books ; with an analysis of the work