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All religions will pass but this will remain: simply sitting in a chair and looking into the distance. — Vasily Rozanov

I have frequently stated that I regard chess as an art form, where creativity prevails over other factors. — Vasily Smyslov

Magdey pledged to strip Ustar of any loot not only from the current raid but from several forthcoming ones as well. All — Vasily Mahanenko

In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent. — Vasily Smyslov

With a rumble and a roar, an iron curtain is descending on Russian history. — Vasily Rozanov

He was dimly aware that if you wish to remain a human being under Fascism, there is an easier option than survival
death. — Vasily Grossman

The longer a nation's history, the more wars, invasions, wanderings, and periods of captivity it has seen-the greater the diversity of its faces. — Vasily Grossman

Freedom is the direct opposite of necessity; freedom is necessity overcome. — Vasily Grossman

Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering. — Vasily Grossman

He was endowed with the extraordinary powers of endurance characteristic of madmen and simpletons. — Vasily Grossman

In the blank wall of the world's indifference there had appeared a tiny snakelike fissure — Vasily Grossman

The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre. — Vasily Smyslov

Every German soldier must be made to feel that he is living under the muzzle of a Russian gun. — Vasily Chuikov

There's nothing more difficult than saying goodbye to a house where you've suffered. — Vasily Grossman

Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess. — Vasily Smyslov

The country had seen mighty tractors and skyscrapers...There was only one thing Russia had not seen during this thousand years: freedom. — Vasily Grossman

I've realized now that hope almost never goes together with reason. It's something quite irrational and instinctive. — Vasily Grossman

The world of the human soul suddenly seemed so vast as to make even the raging war seen insignificant. — Vasily Grossman

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through. — Vasily Grossman

He who fox-like got his rank, Is wolf-like in his office. — Vasily Zhukovsky

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint. — Vasily Grossman

And the greatest tragedy of our age is we don't listen to our consciences. We don't say what we think. We feel one thing and do another. — Vasily Grossman

In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master. — Vasily Smyslov

Fascism will perish for the very reason that it has applied to man the laws applicable to atoms and cobblestones! — Vasily Grossman

The law fights against life, and life fights against the law. — Vasily Grossman

Humanity will live as long as there are humans. — Vasily Grossman

Look everywhere with your eyes; but with your soul never look at many things, but at one. — Vasily Rozanov

I don't want you to be young and beautiful. I only want one thing. I want you to be kind-hearted - and not just towards cats and dogs. — Vasily Grossman

My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play. — Vasily Smyslov

In great hearts the cruelty of life gives birth to good. — Vasily Grossman

The first chess book that I read was Dufresne's self-tutor, published with Lasker's Common Sense in Chess as an appendix. — Vasily Smyslov

Vasily laughed. "I can't decide if you're a fearmonger or a coward."
"And I can't decide if you're an idiot or an idiot. — Leigh Bardugo

The battle of Kursk ... the forcing of the Dnieper ... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe. — Vasily Chuikov

Yes, everything flows, everything changes, it's impossible to step twice into the same transport. — Vasily Grossman

I don't believe in your "Good". I believe in human kindness. — Vasily Grossman

Everyone feels guilty before a mother who has lost her son in a war; throughout human history men have tried in vain to justify themselves. — Vasily Grossman

A considerable role in the forming of my style was played by an early attraction to study composition. — Vasily Smyslov

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking — Vasily Klyuchevsky