It is impossibleto win gracefullyat chess.No man has yet said 'Mate!' in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

-Milne, A(lan) A(lexander)
  Not That It Matters.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

-Orwell, George pseudonym of  Eric Arthur Blair
  'The Prevention of Literature', in Polemic,  Jan.

Science is a search for truthöit is not a game in which one tries to best his opponent, to do harm to others.

-Pauling, Linus Carl
  No MoreWar.