A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play. — Samuel Richardson

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Samuel RichardsonNovelist · English · 1689 – 1761

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Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. — Mark Twain
I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. — William Shakespeare
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. — Theodor Adorno
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons. — Samuel Richardson
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else! — Samuel Richardson
Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends. — Samuel Richardson