Chess ... a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever when they are only wasting their time. The Irrational Knot
“A wise prince ought to . . . never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity.” The Prince
When I think over the past, I am like a person whose eyes cannot properly measure distances and is liable to think things extremely remote which on examination prove to be quite near. If it Die
“The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.” The Cherry Orchard
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