“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.” — H. G. Wells

“Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” — Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower

“Don’t be so humble – you are not that great.” — Golda Meir to a visiting diplomat

“His ignorance is encyclopedic” — Abba Eban

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