"For a game it is too serious, for……" — Moses Mendelssohn

"For a game it is too serious, for seriousness too much of a game."

— Moses Mendelssohn

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21 Quotes by Moses Mendelssohn

Moses Mendelssohn has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight
I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute…
You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at…
A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present
I am, therefore there is a God.
We consider the beauty of nature and art with pleasure and satisfaction, without the slightest movement of desire. Instead, it…
The state has physical power and uses it when necessary; the power of religion is love and beneficence
My religion recognizes no obligation to resolve doubt other than through rational means; and it commands no mere faith in…
Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the…
Judaism boasts of no exclusive revelation of eternal truths that are indispensable to salvation, of no revealed religion in the…
Socrates didn't care to visit the theater, as a rule, except when the plays of Euripides (which some think, he…
Revealed religion is one thing, revealed legislation, another.

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More Chess Quotes

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I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least… — David Bailey
My problem with chess was that all my pieces wanted to end the game as soon as possible. — Dave Barry
These young guys are playing checkers. I'm out there playing chess. — Kobe Bryant
A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess,… — Madeleine Albright
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. — Alexander Alekhine
I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands. — Alexander Alekhine
I look at improvising as a prolonged game of chess. There's an opening gambit with your pawn in a complex… — Steve Carell
I have always thought you could take the measure of a man by his sports manners - that is to… — Graydon Carter
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency. — Raymond Chandler
People are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess. — Nicolas Chamfort
Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game. — Winston Churchill
I failed to make the chess team because of my height. — Woody Allen

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