SPORT

Related Subjects: Amusement, Exercise, Fish, Fun, Hawk, Horse, Hunting, Merriment, Pleasure, Recreation, Swimming

1. I have known the time when a pugilistic encounter between two noted champions was almost considered in the light of a national affair; when tens of thousands of individuals, high and low, meditated and brooded upon it, the first thing in the morning and the last at night, until the great event was decided.—GEORGE BORROW, Lavengro
   

2. Sport, that wrinkled Care derides,
   And Laughter holding both his sides.
   Come, and trip it, as you go,
   On the light fantastic toe.—MILTON, L'Allegro
   

3. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade,
   Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair.—MILTON, Lycidas
   

4. There is a general adoration for purely destructive things such as State and Sport. One kills man, the other kills time. Sport is grossly encouraged by the State because it produces soldiers, destroys integrity, and encourages that reckless optimism which is the fundamental cause of gambling. In passing, although I have met all manner of men, I have never trusted a man who proclaimed himself a sportsman.—C. R. W. NEVINSON
   

5. It was the saying of Bion, that though the boys throw stones at frogs in sport, yet the frogs do not die in sport but in earnest.—PLUTARCH, Lives
   

6. It is a poor sport that is not worth the candle.—Proverb
   

7. Then strip, lads, and to it, though sharp be the weather,
   And if, by mischance, you should happen to fall,
   There are worse things in life than a tumble on heather,
   And life is itself but a game at football.—SCOTT, Song