"Genius is a starry word; but if there ever was a chess player to whom that attribute applied, it was Paul Morphy."

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Source : "Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess". Book by Harry Golombek, 1977.

Andrew Soltis

#Player Quotes #Genius Quotes #Chess Quotes

“Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.”
“Maybe that's what life is... a wink of the eye and winking stars.”
“It is the way of mortals. They fling themselves at life and emerge broken.”
“I prefer not to eat food that has a face.”
“Whichever way I turn, whatever phase of social life presents itself, the same conviction comes: Independent bread alone can redeem woman from her curse of subjection to man.”
“The Indian wars have never ended in the Americas.”
“Things are achieved when they are well begun. The perfect archer calls the deer his own While yet the shaft is whistling.”
“One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.”

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