“To brag little – to show well – to crow gently, if in luck – to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
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"To brag little – to show well – to crow gently, if in luck – to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man" – Oliver Wendell Holmes
"To brag little – to show well – to crow gently, if in luck – to pay up, to own up, and to shut up, if beaten, are the virtues of a sporting man" – Oliver Wendell Holmes
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