"Entre le joueur du matin et le joueur du soir il existe la différence qui distingue le mari nonchalant de l'amant pâmé sous les fenêtres de sa belle."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady’s window.