A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. -William Hazlitt

 

A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.


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This quote is just one of 33 total William Hazlitt quotes in our collection. William Hazlitt is known for saying 'A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it.' as well as some of the following quotes.

If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.

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To impress the idea of power on others, they must be made in some way to feel it.

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A really great man has always an idea of something greater than himself.

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