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Never grow up; never stop playing. Here is a collection of proverbs, quotes and sayings about play and playing.

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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Relax, because it is not good to work all the time.

Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.
Kay Redfield Jamison

Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.
Craig Claiborne

Do not keep children to their studies by compulsion but by play.
Plato

Don't play with me, 'cause you're playing with fire.
The Rolling Stones

He who plays with fire gets burnt.
If you take risks, you can expect problems.

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.
Tom Robbins

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.
Malcolm Forbes

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristoteles

Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.
Michael Jordan

Life is more fun if you play games.
Roald Dahl

Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning.
Diane Ackerman

Play is the beginning of knowledge.
George Dorsey

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.
Joseph Chilton Pearce

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!
Charlie Chaplin

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.
Charles Schaefer

We can't blame children for occupying themselves with Facebook rather than playing in the mud. Our society doesn't put a priority on connecting with nature. In fact, too often we tell them it's dirty and dangerous.
David Suzuki

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw

When the cat is away the mice will play.

When the cat's away, the mice play.
Without supervision, people misbehave.

Who play wid de puppy get bit wid de fleas.




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