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931. Take not to gambling even if thou win : for thy wins are even as the baited hook that the fish swalloweth.

932. Behold the gamblers who lose a hundred where they gain but one: is there forsooth a way even for them to thrive in the world?

933. If a man bet constantly over dice, his substance will only go into stranger hands.

934. Nothing bringeth on wretchedness so surely as gambling: for it killeth a man's good name and driveth his heart to every ignoble deed.

935. Many there have been who were proud of their skill in the throwing of dice and were mad after the gambling-house: but there hath not been a single man of them that did not come to grief. Rh