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Play not for gain, but sport. Who plays for more Than he can lose with pleasure, stakes his heart Perhaps his wife's too, and whom she hath bore.
George Herbert
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George Herbert
Age: 39 †
Born: 1593
Born: April 3
Died: 1633
Died: March 1
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