A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he …

William Hazlitt
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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. ✨ Table Talk The Indian Jugglers (1822)
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A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it. ✨ Table Talk The Indian Jugglers (1822)

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