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"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."
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"Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise."
"He had not even the self-complacency that enables stupid people to accept their mediocrity with unction, he had on the contrary an engaging modesty."
"We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds."
"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."
"Modesty used to be considered a natural female attribute. No more."
"Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues."
"At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings."
Explore more quotes by Alexander Alekhine
"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."
"The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give."
"Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!"
"I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties."
"In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications."
"The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime."
"I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty."
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