Everybody knows that England is the world of betting men, who are of a higher class than mere gamblers: to bet is in the English temperament.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good story,' and somewhere in their odds is a kind of science-fiction existentialism that decrees that we, the people, know everything. In other words, betting patterns often make for good, unconscious soothsaying.
You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.
There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.
I am not normally a betting person, but I say that putting your money on the American people is about as close to a sure bet as you are going to get.
Gambling is legal and betting is legal, for what I bet.
No matter how much money you have or what kind of cocoon you live in, the reality is that you have lost a game of football and let England's fans down. We are bothered.
It is to the middle-class we must look for the safety of England.
The loser, the fool, is embraced in England because there is a recognition of silliness there that allows a person to keep his ambitions and desires at a certain distance. Just being in the race is enough.
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