One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole…

William Hazlitt
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One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1822). Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822, p.149
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One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1822). Table-talk Or Original Essays. - London, Colburn 1822, p.149

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