A Quote by Saint Augustine

The Devil invented gambling. — © Saint Augustine
The Devil invented gambling.

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I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.
Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position.
God, the devil, good, evil, it's all in our heads, not in Heaven or Hell, which we also invented. We do not realize that, having invented God, we immediately became His slaves.
This was my first lesson about gambling: if you see somebody winning all the time, he isn't gambling, he's cheating. Later on in life, if I were continuously losing in any gambling situation, I would watch very closely.
I couldn't have invented crisps. ... I don't really want to be known as the man who invented crisps. ... I invented apples. ... I invented pandas, and caps. I invented soil.
We invented marriage. Couples invented marriage. We also invented divorce,mind you. And we invented infidelity,too, as well as romantic misery. In fact we invented the whole sloppy mess of love and intimacy and aversion and euphoria and failure. But most importantly of all, most subversively of all, most stubbornly of all, we invented privacy.
While gambling addiction can be a social justice reason for some to ban gambling, the economic evidence suggests that the social and economic costs of gambling are $3 to the taxpayers for every $1 in benefits
God made the bulk; the surface was invented by the devil.
The devil ain't got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil's a good friend, too... because when you don't know him, that's the time he can mosh you down.
The devil is only a convenient myth invented by the real malefactors of our world.
The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.
The only business in the world bigger than gambling is religion...but gambling is not nearly so corrupt.
The next best thing to gambling and winning is gambling and losing.
I don't see how you have the nerve to oppose this bill when you run the biggest gambling business in the world - gambling on the hereafter.
Gambling addicts usually lose their focus at work and problem military gambling poses a national security threat
The thing about online gambling is that it's never away, it's always accessible. And so, if you have an issue with gambling, it's designed to take advantage of that.
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