#marbles

A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be wrong in the ways of the universe, or even with the ways of society. Let the unfortunates rail; the others may play marbles. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#society #universe #business

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing. ↗

— Neil Kinnock

#marbles #missing #smile #tooth #without

If every year is a marble, how many marbles do you have left? How many sunrises, how many opportunities to rise to the full stature of your being? ↗

— Joy Page

#every #full #how #left #many

I regard golf as an expensive way of playing marbles. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#expensive #golf #i #marbles #playing

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel. ↗