Quote by Jorge Luis Borges Download Open image ““In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?”” — Jorge Luis Borges ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent's mind.” — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
“To many people chess is an extreme sport. It requires a lot of thinking.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
[Chess] is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
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