"All chess players know what a combination is. Whether one makes it oneself, or is its victim, or reads of it, it stands out from the rest of the game and stirs one's admiration."

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Source : Eugene Znosko-Borovsky (2013). “The Art of Chess Combination”, p.10, Courier Corporation

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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“Nothing has been given to me.”
“Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrasment...They do everything but watch television.”

Source : "A Long Line of Cells: Collected Essays".
“Of all the creatures that man kills for his amusement there is only one that he kills out of hatredâ€”other men. Man hates nothing as much as himself. That is why war is called the leprosy of the human soul.”

Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books
“Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.”
“I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an ornament of my soul.”
“Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.”
“Stupidity is the basic building block of the universe.”
“Only the impossible lasts forever.”

Source : Djuna Barnes (2014). “Nightwood”, p.102, Faber & Faber

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