It is said that an ounce of common sense can outweigh a ton of 'variations'.
Shall we ever live to see the following wise prohibition - the audience is forbidden to smoke and the masters are forbidden to 'smoke out' the audience by playing exchanging variations?
The mistakes are there, waiting to be made
Any opening is good enough, if its reputation is bad enough.
It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men
A Chess game is divided into three stages: the first, when you hope you have the advantage, the second when you believe you have an advantage, and the third... when you know you're going to lose!