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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Wager

A wager is a fool’s argument.

My mother bade me be confident but lay no wagers.

None but fools and knaves lay wagers.

’Tis the remark of old cunning stagers,
That fools for arguments use wagers.Butler.