There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker. The upper class knows very little about it. Now and then you find ambassadors who have sort of a general knowledge of the game, but the ignorance of the people is fearful. Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kind-hearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a “flush.” It is enough to make one ashamed of one’s species.
- quoted in A Bibliography of Mark Twain, Merle Johnson
When I play, which is not frequent and for low blinds only, some of the players do not know the meaning of a J-8 unsuited, apparently.
You can never go wrong with me, when you quote Mark Twain. Ambrose Bierce as well, is always a worthy quote.