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Howard Staunton

"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him."

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"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him."

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Donna Grant

"Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive."

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Donna Grant

"Never get angry. If you have to get angry, get angry at yourself and not at others."

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Donna Grant

"Getting angry means setting fire to your own wealth."

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Donna Grant

"Blow wind and crack your cheeks. Rage! Blow!"

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Donna Grant

"Anger is a ghost.Human is the host."

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Donna Grant

"Fair peace becomes men; ferocious anger belongs to beasts."

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Donna Grant

"I hope he died of intestinal cancer in a part of the world where morphine is as of yet undiscovered."

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Donna Grant

"Anger is one of the sinews of the soul."

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Donna Grant

"If you become angry with someone today, it is a discharge kashaya (karma effect of anger-pride-deceit-greed). But in that [discharge karma] your intent is for it, which "charges a [new] karmic seed."

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Donna Grant

"Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones!"

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Howard Staunton
"A Rook is of the value of five Pawns and a fraction, and may be exchanged for a minor Piece and two Pawns. Two Rooks may be exchanged for three minor Pieces."

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Howard Staunton
"For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move the man legally, or to move the King."

Man

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Howard Staunton
"The Queen is by much the most powerful of the forces."

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Howard Staunton
"Be cautious of playing your Queen in front of your King and in subjecting yourself to a discovered check. It is better when check is given to your King to interpose a man that attacks the checking Piece than with one that does not."

Man

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Howard Staunton
"Many persons have been confused and discouraged at the very outset of the study by the great variety and the delicate distinctions of the openings: and this has constituted a fault in many otherwise excellent manuals for the learner."

Fault

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Howard Staunton
"When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man when you play it between the attacked and attacking Piece."

Danger

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Howard Staunton
"If either player abandon the game by quitting the table in anger, or in an otherwise offensive manner; or by momentarily resigning the game; or refuses to abide by the decision of the Umpire, the game must be scored against him."

Anger

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Howard Staunton
"The Chess-board must be placed with a white square at the right-hand corner."

Chess

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Howard Staunton
"The Queen is usually reckoned equal, in average situations, to two Rooks and a Pawn, but towards the end of a game she is hardly so valuable as two Rooks."

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Howard Staunton
"It is the duty of the Umpire to determine all questions submitted to him according to these laws, when they apply, and according to his best judgment when they do not apply."

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