“I examined my Liberalism and found it like an addiction to roulette. Here, though the odds are plain, and the certainty of loss apparent to anyone with a knowledge of arithmetic, the addict, failing time and again, is convinced he yet is graced with the power to contravene natural laws. The roulette addict, when he invariably comes to grief, does not examine either the nature of roulette, or of his delusion, but retires to develop a new system, and to scheme for more funds.” DoeLawFoundNaturalLossGriefFailingAddictionConvincedCertaintyLiberalismDelusionFundRetiringOddsSchemesAddictNatural LawArithmeticRoulette Author:David Mamet
“... I feel certain that his tale is true. Feeling that certainty, I befriend him. As long as that certainty shall last, I will befriend him. And if any consideration could shake me in this resolve, I should be so ashamed of myself for my meanness, that no man's good opinion - no, nor no woman's - so gained, could compensate me for the loss of my own.” IfsMenFeelsShouldLongFeelingsLastsCertainMy OwnLossOpinionWords Of WisdomTalesCertaintyAshamedShakesConsiderationResolveMeannessTrue Feelings Book:The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Edwin Drood and Miscellaneous Source: The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: Edwin Drood and Miscellaneous