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Chess Quotes by Benjamin Franklin
- Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.
- Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played…
- The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,…
- By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged…
- By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.
- You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure you feel; but…
- Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves…
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