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There are people who live their lives without any problems because they play small stakes every day. But let's just give him every morning the money he can win that day, and tell him not to play: we'll make him unhappy. They can say that he is not playing for profit, but for the fun of the game. So play without stakes, you won't enjoy it, you'll get bored. So he's not just looking for entertainment: he's bored by tepid, passionless entertainment. He must come to the fire, deceive himself, imagine that he would be happy if he won in a game, which he would not be willing to accept at the price of giving up the game.

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There are people who live their lives without any problems because they play small stakes every day. But let's just give him every morning the money he can win that day, and tell him not to play: we'll make him unhappy. They can say that he is not playing for profit, but for the fun of the game. So play without stakes, you won't enjoy it, you'll get bored. So he's not just looking for entertainment: he's bored by tepid, passionless entertainment. He must come to the fire, deceive himself, imagine that he would be happy if he won in a game, which he would not be willing to accept at the price of giving up the game.

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Hungarian

"Van, aki gond nélkül tölti életét, mert mindennap játszik kis tétben. De adjuk csak neki oda minden reggel azt a pénzt, amit aznap megnyerhet, és kössük ki, hogy ne játsszék: boldogtalanná tesszük vele. Erre azt mondhatják, nem a nyereségért, hanem a játék okozta szórakozásért játszik. Játsszon hát tét nélkül, nem leli benne kedvét, unatkozni fog. Tehát nem csupán a szórakozást keresi: a langyos, szenvedély nélküli szórakozás untatja. Tűzbe kell jönnie, be kell csapnia önmagát, azt képzelnie, hogy boldog lenne, ha játékban nyerné, amit a játékról való lemondás árán nem lenne hajlandó elfogadni."

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