Jorge Luis Borges: In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?

In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word? — Jorge Luis Borges

In a riddle whose answer is chess, what is the only prohibited word?

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The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and pe — Jorge Luis Borges
"Maybe this crime belongs to the history of Jewish superstitions," murmmured Lön — Jorge Luis Borges
Fame is a form—perhaps the worst form—of incomprehension. — Jorge Luis Borges
Villari took no notice of them because the idea of a coincidence between art and — Jorge Luis Borges
And to bring in a new word by the head and shoulders, they leave out the old one — Michel de Montaigne
τὸν μὲν οὖν ποιητὴν καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς εὑρεῖν τε ἔργον καὶ εὑρόντα εἰς — Plato
« Cuckold »: strange that this little word doesn't have the feminine. — Jules Renard
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν — Aristotle
Wouldst thou know thyself, observe the actions of others. Wouldst thou other men — Friedrich Schiller
Life is but a day at most. — Robert Burns
What then remains but that we still should cry Not to be born, or, being born, t — Francis Bacon
My passionate interest in social justice and social responsibility has always st — Albert Einstein