<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398301" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I once knew a man</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I once knew a man<br>who was a master<br>at his art.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The secrets that he knew<br>set him apart and enkindled brilliance<br>was the mark.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Discipline and dignity<br>inspired curiosity<br>and he was a great man to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A very clever man, <br>who played chess just as a hobby<br>and for the fun he got from the game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Grand masters fell<br>under the spell<br>of the moves that he made.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He taught me to play<br>and I studied the moves<br>of Bobby Fisher<br>to try and conquer him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Till one day<br>that his mind slipped away<br>and no chest set<br>would ever get<br>his attention again.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">To this very day<br>when I play the game<br>it’s not the same<br>and I curse Alzheimer’s, <br>that more than<br>humbled him.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Gert+Strydom">Gert Strydom</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=398301" data-title="I once knew a man de Gert Strydom" data-description="I once knew a man who was a master at his art. The secrets that he knew set him apart and enkindled brilliance was the mark. Discipline and dignity inspired curiosity and he was a great man to me. A very clever man, who played chess just as a ..."></div> </div> </div>

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