Chess Quote by Hans Kmoch

Though he should conquer a thousand men in the battlefield a thousand times, yet he, indeed, who would conquer himself is the noblest victor.

— Gautama Buddha

“Nasty thing, a crossbow. How many men you kill with that?" "Nine." His father counted for at least that many, surely. Lord of Casterly…

— George R.R. Martin

And the first king was a lucky soldier.

— S.M. Stirling

“Two great armadas would carry more than 100,000 troops to the invasion beaches. One fleet would sail 2,800 miles from Britain to Algeria, with…

— Rick Atkinson

“Thus the total armada amounted to 5,333 ships and craft of all types,”

— Stephen E. Ambrose

And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Half the Armada had begun to give chase to the great ship Revenge. And the Revenge, alone, was sailing, as it had to do,…

— William Goldman

“the rulers were, in serious senses, whether willingly or unwillingly, the prisoners of their own rhetoric; they played games of power according to rules…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“In those times panics were common, and few days passed without some city or other registering in its archives an event of this kind.…

— Alexandre Dumas

“Pawns are such fascinating pieces, too...So small, almost insignificant, and yet--they can depose kings. Don't you find that interesting?”

— Lavie Tidhar

Though He did what he could to help the multitudes, He had to devote Himself primarily to a few men, rather than the masses,…

— Robert Emerson Coleman

In my mind, he was guilty of no error - he was chargeable with no exaggeration - he was betrayed by his fancy into…

— Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux