The world is the house of the strong. I shall not know until the end what I have lost or won in this place, in this vast gambling den where I have spent more than sixty years, dicebox in hand, shaking the dice.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life is a risky gamble where the outcome remains unknown until death.
- In plain terms
- I treat life like a gamble and don't know the result yet.
- What can you take from it?
- Life is uncertain until the end.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What have you lost?
- Is life a game?
Another view
Life has elements of planning that a random gamble does not.
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