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"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it."
― Flannery O'Connor
"I have conquered an empire but I have not been able to conquer myself."
― Peter the Great
"Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds."
― Charles I of England
"When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers."
― John Calvin
"There are two distinct classes of men - those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." ― Thomas Paine "Haven't you ever noticed how highways always get beautiful near the state capital?" ― Shirley Ann Grau "The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary traditions in creative tension with one another. This diversity of libertarian ideas has created a culture of freedom which is more open and expansive than any unitary tradition alone could possibly be." ― David Hackett Fischer "America is a mere bully, from one end to the other, and the Bostonians by far the greatest bullies." ― Thomas Gage "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." ― Thomas Paine "We are fallen into the most unhappy times, when even innocence itself is nowhere safe!" ― Boston Gazette, February 1770 "The advice I give to all adventurers is to seek a place where they may sleep
in safety." ― Samuel de Champlain
"I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy." ― Rabindranath Tagore "Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good." — Walter Mosley "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him." — Cardinal Richelieu,
"The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations". Book by Jehiel K̀eeler Hoyt, p. 763, 1896. "To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness."
— Mary, Queen of Scots
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
— Albert Schweitzer
"You should remember that though another may have more money, beauty, and brains than you, when it comes to the rarer spiritual values such as charity, self-sacrifice, honor, nobility of heart, you have an equal chance with everyone to be the most beloved and honored of all people." — Archibald Rutledge "Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror." — Byrd Baggett "The mind can only see what it is prepared to see."
— Edward de Bono (2017). "Teach Yourself To Think", p.115, Penguin UK "Start wide, expand further, and never look back." — Arnold Schwarzenegger "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
— Oscar Wilde
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do." — Leonardo da Vinci "Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." — Franklin D. Roosevelt "The game of chess is essentially a game between two players who oppose each other on the opposite sides of a chessboard which is square in shape. The board itself is made up of sixty-four small squares which are coloured alternately white and black. Though for the sake of convenience one terms these colours white and black, in practice the colours are usually better defined as light and dark, since the white is often a cream or yellow colour or even red..., whilst the black can be any dark shade of brown and is, when black, of varying degrees of blackness, ranging from dull to ebony.
The chessboard is placed between the two players in such a way that the right-hand square of the bottom row of squares (i.e. the row nearest to each player) is white in colour..." ― "Beginning Chess" by Harry Golombek, p. 9. "Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman, as you do the devil." ― Horatio Nelson,
Horatio Nelson's advice to his Midshipmen (1793) as quoted in "Memoirs of the Life of Vice-Admiral, Lord Viscount Nelson, K.B., Duke of Bronte, Etc., Etc., Etc, Volume 2" edited by Thomas Joseph Pettigrew (p. 580), 1849. "I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long." ― Marie Antoinette "I got my start by giving myself a start." ― Madam C. J. Walker "By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." ― Christopher Columbus "Success comes from taking the initiative and following up or persisting."
― Tony Robbins
"Some women don't care how their quilts look. They piece the squares together any sort of way, but she couldn't stand careless sewing. She wanted her quilts, and Joy's, made right. Quilts stay a long time after people are gone from this world, and witness about them for good or bad. She wanted people to see, when she was gone, that she'd never been a shiftless or don't-care woman." ―
Julia Peterkin
Julia Mood Peterkin (1927). "Black April: A Novel", p.128, University of Georgia Press "You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way."
― Gregory Peck
"After having investigated, by logical processes, those fairly simple positions which constitute the elements of the End Game, we now turn to procedures which rely not on logic but on judgement. Our first task is to obtain an insight into the effect of the men. What power have the pieces to aid in the execution of a well-conceived plan?" ― Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's How to Play Chess, p. 40. "The pieces are connected to each other, and the King and they are in this dynamic rhythm amongst themselves and with the opponent's pieces, wherein lies their purpose. Each move is an attempt to change that balance and to establish a new, more favorable balance and that is why in chess (and in life) we are most vulnerable when we are most aggressive—the aggressive move essentially causes us to lose balance."
― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess "They stood with their pieces before them to defend themselves. A party, about 12 in number with sticks in their hands, who stood in the middle of the street gave three cheers and immediately surrounded the soldiers and struck upon their guns with their sticks and passed along the front of the soldiers toward Royal Exchange Lane striking soldiers' guns as they passed. Numbers were continually coming down the street." ― An eyewitness to the Boston Massacre "For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!"
― Henry Knox to Captain Preston during the Boston Massacre "From that moment we may date the severance of the British Empire."
― Daniel Webster on the Boston Massacre
"On that night the formation of American independence was laid… Not the battle of Lexington or Bunker Hill, not the surrender of Burgoyne or Cornwallis were more important events in American history than the battle of King Street on March 5th 1770." ― John Adams on the Boston Massacre "Chess is a game of war but a peaceful war where no human lives are at stake!" ― Susan Polgar "Champions play to win while others play not to lose!" ― Susan Polgar "Passion is infectious! But passion alone is not enough. You also need hard work, dedication & sacrifice every day!" ― Susan Polgar "A bed or a chair will trick you if you stay still on them long at a time. They will draw out your strength and leave you weak as water." ― Julia Peterkin Section 1
Generosity engenders wealth.
Willingness creates one who gives.
Good sense results in fair form.
Lechery leads to disgrace.
Foolishness results in crudity.
Repression results in greater repression.
Hatred engenders reproach.
Abandonment results in slander,
Reluctance leads to reliance on conjecture.
Love begets words.
Humility wins good favour.
Decorum results in reciprocal behaviour.
Stinginess is disparaged.
Inhospitability engenders niggardliness.
Wisdom begets fame.
Humility engenders gentleness.
Familiarity fuels strife.
A greedy person acquires possessions.
Arrogance produces disfavour.
Ale results in lechery.
A prostitute's lot is uncertainity.
A timid person's lot is uncertainity.
Desire begets perseverance.
Wisdom begets respect.
Age acquires renown.
Foolishness results in risk.
~ Maxims of King Aldfrith of Northumbria
"The way it came is the way it will go." ~ Croatian Proverb "We tell them it is a bull, they say milk it." ~ Egyptian Proverb "The cheapest is always the most expensive." ~ German Proverb If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb Entre los pecados mayores que los hombres cometen, aunque algunos dicen que es la soberbia, yo digo que es el desagradecimiento, ateniéndome a lo que suele decirse: que de los desagradecidos está lleno el infierno. (Of the worst sins that people commit, although some says it's pride, I say it is ingratitude. As the saying goes, hell is filled with the ungrateful.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Lo que poco cuesta aún se estima menos. (What costs little is valued even less.)
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)
El hacer bien a villanos es echar agua en la mar. (Doing good for low-lifes is throwing water in the sea.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616) MANY A LITTLE MAKES A MICKLE
Mickle, an Old English word meaning "much" or "a lot," went out of fashion in the 16th century (except in Scotland, where it held on), but it has such a nice ring to it. It's sometimes spelled "muckle." Later versions of this phrase like, "many a muckle makes a mickle" and "many a mickle makes a muckle," don't really make sense, but are very fun to say. "The draw by perpetual check could also be regarded as a variant of the draw by repetition of the position, though not necessarily, since the checks might wander all over the board." ― "Beginning Chess" by Harry Golombek, p. 55. "Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist." ― Pablo Picasso * It saves you much time and hardship to learn from the old-timers: https://www.chess.com/blog/Gertsog/.... * Young Paul Morphy Impresses: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Odds Game: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... * Fast Fried Liver: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... 
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God is good!
Let us thank Him
For our food.
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"Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, chess recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It's eminently and emphatically the philosopher's game." — Paul Morphy "Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." — Garry Kasparov "What is the object of playing a Gambit opening? To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game." — Siegbert Tarrasch "Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt Psalms 46:1
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. "It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit, one incautious move, and Black can be on the edge of the abyss." — Anatoly Karpov Laissez les bons temps rouler (Lay say lay bohn tohn roo lay) – Let the good times roll. "If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else." — Chinese Proverb * Glossary: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Morphy - Anderssen: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * NY 1857: Game Collection: Morphy New York 1857 - Non Tournament * The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... * Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess * Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903 * Learn from Paul Morphy: https://thechessworld.com/articles/... WTHarvey: There once was a website named WTHarvey, Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today. There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
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There once was a site for chess fun,
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It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.
There once was a website named wtharvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!
* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ "Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." — Max Euwe "Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." —Being Caballero "If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov "You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. There's only one human organ that naturally regenerates.
Of all the organs in the human body, the liver is the only that can regenerate on its own. As researcher Richard Bowen explains, "The liver has a remarkable capacity to regenerate after injury and to adjust its size to match its host. Within a week after partial hepatectomy, which, in typical experimental settings entails surgical removal of two-thirds of the liver, hepatic mass is back essentially to what it was prior to surgery." Oct-09-11 FSR: After 1.e4 e5, 2.Ba6?? is the worst move by a country mile. After that, probably 2.b4 and 2.Ke2 are the worst. 2.Qg4 and 2.g4 are also pretty bad. White still has equality after 2.Qh5, so it's actually not a <terrible> move. "He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates."
― George Orwell, 1984
An Animal In The Moon
While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts, And send us all, like you, to softer arts?
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"Tactics is knowing what to do when there's something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there's nothing what to do." — Savielly Tartakower "When I started to be a coach, I expected a lot - maybe too much - in terms of physical approach, tactics, and technique. There was too little emphasis on human relationships." — Manuel Pellegrini "I prefer to lose a really good game than to win a bad one." — David Levy "Operation Fast and Furious was flawed in concept and flawed in execution. The tactics used in this operation violate Department of Justice policy and should never have been used." — Eric Holder Lache pas la patate (Losh pa la pa tot) – Don't let go of the potato or don't give up (a testament to the enduring spirit of the Cajun people). "Violent movements attract thugs and firebrands who enjoy the mayhem. Violent tactics provide a pretext for retaliation by the enemy and alienate third parties who might otherwise support the movement." — Steven Pinker "Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning." — Fred Perry "If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected." — Sun Tzu "The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope." — Samuel Johnson The Ingratitude And Injustice Of Men Towards Fortune A trader on the sea to riches grew;
Freight after freight the winds in favour blew;
Fate steered him clear; gulf, rock, nor shoal
Of all his bales exacted toll.
Of other men the powers of chance and storm
Their dues collected in substantial form;
While smiling Fortune, in her kindest sport,
Took care to waft his vessels to their port.
His partners, factors, agents, faithful proved;
His goods – tobacco, sugar, spice –
Were sure to fetch the highest price.
By fashion and by folly loved,
His rich brocades and laces,
And splendid porcelain vases,
Enkindling strong desires,
Most readily found buyers.
In short, gold rained wherever he went –
Abundance, more than could be spent –
Dogs, horses, coaches, downy bedding –
His very fasts were like a wedding.
A bosom friend, a look his table giving,
Inquired whence came such sumptuous living.
"Whence should it come," said he, superb of brow,
"But from the fountain of my knowing how?
I owe it simply to my skill and care
In risking only where the marts will bear."
And now, so sweet his swelling profits were,
He risked anew his former gains:
Success rewarded not his pains –
His own imprudence was the cause.
One ship, ill-freighted, went awreck;
Another felt of arms the lack,
When pirates, trampling on the laws,
Overcame, and bore it off a prize.
A third, arriving at its port,
Had failed to sell its merchandize, –
The style and folly of the court
Not now requiring such a sort.
His agents, factors, failed; – in short,
The man himself, from pomp and princely cheer,
And palaces, and parks, and dogs, and deer,
Fell down to poverty most sad and drear.
His friend, now meeting him in shabby plight,
Exclaimed, "And whence comes this to pass?"
"From Fortune," said the man, "alas!"
"Console yourself," replied the friendly wight:
"For, if to make you rich the dame denies,
She can't forbid you to be wise."
What faith he gained, I do not wis;
I know, in every case like this,
Each claims the credit of his bliss,
And with a heart ingrate
Imputes his misery to Fate.
"If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness." —Andy Rooney Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds. French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.) "There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world."
― Pierre Mac Orlan
"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer "Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch "In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." — Max De Pree wor dzy fun:
funa dmentals crazee u driev mee upa tree fo cherry pi in th ski walkr. "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." — Calvin Coolidge Matthew 6:33
33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. JACK AND JILL
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down
And broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
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"Where there's a will, there's a way."
Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"
Q: How does the ocean say hi?
A: It waves!
John 1:1
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Charge! Wikipedia article: Charge (warfare)#:~:text=A%20charge%20is%20an%20offensive%20maneuver%20in%20battle,and%20decisive%20moment%20of%20many%20battles%20throughout%20history. "Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi." ― Greg Baum. "A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." ― Robert Hughes "Top 15 Things Money Can't Buy
Time. Happiness. Inner Peace. Integrity. Love. Character. Manners. Health. Respect. Morals. Trust. Patience. Class. Common sense. Dignity."
― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart
"The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them"
― Thomas Merton, No Man Is an Island
"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."
"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee. "Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo "Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose Here's a poem a dad wrote:
<ODE TO CHESS
Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls
and was pitched into the pit of defeat.
But, heedless of humiliating falls,
I clambered bravely back onto my feet
and charged again, again to be down thrust
onto the scrap heap of people who lose
onto the mound of mortifying dust
whilst my opponent sat without a bruise
upon his pedestal. We changed sides
and fought again, but I was defeated
whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides
took the throne upon which I had been seated.
Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.
But I would like to beat him just the same.> "God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world."
— Billy Graham
"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham "Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale "What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston King Tutankhamun had lots of cool toys, but one of his most intriguing may have been a dagger, discovered in his tomb in 1925, made of meteoric metal. It wasn't until recently that scientists were able to confirm the material, using a technique called portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry. They determined that the dagger's composition of iron, nickel, and cobalt "strongly suggests an extraterrestrial origin." * Riddle-zeez-piddle: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch... Immortal jellyfish
There is a species of jellyfish that never dies.
Known as Turritopsis dohrnii—or colloquially, the immortal jellyfish—this sea creature is able to revert back into its adolescent state after going through adulthood, a "process that looks remarkably like immortality." "Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education."
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion * The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev = https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1 * Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." ― Voltaire "Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman HEY YOU!
You can't win them all
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar You pays your money and you takes your choice
You reap what you sow
You win some, you lose some
Youth is wasted on the young
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." — Calvin Coolidge Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight
What various kind of fish live in space? Starfish. How are false teeth like stars? They come out at night. What do you say if you want to start a fight in space? Comet me, bro. Why did the star have a crush on the sun? It was the center of hiz universe. Which role in the Star Wars movie was the orange cast for? Emperor Pulpatine. Frank and Ella: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Zelma Lavone King - U.S. prisoner arrested January 30, 1968 in Phoenix, Arizona. Frank and his eldest daughter Nancy: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Gold Au 79
Flyin' with Frank: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Sing it Frankie! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Q: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
A: Between you and me, something smells.
Sing it Frankie! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... New York, New York: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... Q: Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert?
A: Because she was stuffed.
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Q: Why are pizza jokes the worst?
A: They're too cheesy.
Why did the fish cross the ocean?
To get to the other tide.
I have many jokes about rich kids — sadly none of them work. Q: Why did it get so hot in the baseball stadium after the game?
A: All of the fans left.
Q: What do you call a train carrying bubblegum?
A: A chew-chew train.
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Why did the fish cross the ocean?
To get to the other tide.
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I love and shall, until I die.
Grudge who list, but none deny!
So God be pleased, thus live will I.
― Henry VIII of England>
"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn "Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic "Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." – Max Euwe "Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." —Being Caballero "If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov "You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt "In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it. * Riddle-wee-die: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid... I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me. What would life be like without suffering? Is suffering a necessary part of human existence? Winston Churchill was hit by a car and nearly killed during a New York visit.
Talk about a poor way to welcome a visitor. During a lecture tour in the U.S. in Dec. 1931, Winston Churchill was struck by a car while crossing Fifth Avenue and nearly killed. He would describe the experience in The Daily Mail, in an article dictated from his hospital bed: "I felt it on my forehead and across the thighs. But besides the blow there was an impact, a shock, a concussion indescribably violent. Many years ago at 'Plugstreet' in Flanders, a 4.2 shell burst in a corner of the little room in which we were gathered for luncheon, reducing all to dust and devastation. This shock was of the same order as the shell explosion. In my case it blotted out everything except thought." Fortunately, he recovered. Q: Why did the gym close down?
A: It just didn't work out!
"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights.
'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates."
― George Orwell, 1984
"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous Drive sober or get pulled over.
"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac "I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ― Mahatma Gandhi * Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-... A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote" Old Russian Proverb: "Every sandpiper praises its own swamp. (Всяк кулик свое болото хвалит.)" People tend to have high opinion about the place where they live. Why did Cinderella's shoe fall off if it fit perfectly?
Maybe the fairy godmother didn't offer half-sizes. Or maybe one foot was slightly smaller than the other (more common than you might think). Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: An impasta.
Q: Why can't you explain puns to kleptomaniacs?
A: They always take things, literally.
Can February march?
No, but April may.
I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked at me surprised. "When you're lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war." ― Aristotle "The habit of holding a Man in the hand, and moving it first to one square and then to another, in order to engage the assistance of the eye in deciding where it shall actually be placed, is not only annoying to the adversary but a practical infraction of the touch-and-move principle." ― Howard Staunton "A bad plan is better than none at all." ― Frank Marshall Princeton University's first graduate student was a U.S. president.
Princeton University has been around since 1746, but the school didn't start officially awarding doctorates until 1879. And though it took more than a century for the university to formally begin graduate studies, it actually had its first graduate student back in 1771. His name was James Madison—the fourth president of the United States. If we expect the unexpected, doesn't the unexpected become expected?
How on earth are we supposed to expect what we don't expect, anyway? This feels sort of like "thinking outside the box" but with extra high expectations. Plus, if I expected the unexpected, I'd never leave the house. Chris Chaffin wrote:
master/piece
She moves him ‘round the chess board,
dodging bishops, pawns and rooks.
She coaxes him from square to square
without a second look.
The white knight cannot catch him.
Piece by piece, the foe now yields.
Her king is safe; the game is done.
The queen controls the field.
I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked at me surprised. French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.) "There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world."
― Pierre Mac Orlan
"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer "As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant Gold Au 79
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882
The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.
"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous "Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God." ― Corrie ten Boom Q: What did the fish say when he hit the wall?
A: "Dam."
Q: What did whiteshark say when he ate the clownfish?
A: This tastes a little funny.
"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish." "Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb "Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."
― Theodore Roosevelt
Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet." 2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier. Q: Why do we tell actors to "break a leg?"
A: Because every play has a cast.
Q: Why aren't koalas actual bears?
A: They don't meet the koalafications.
Helvetica and Times New Roman walk into a bar.
"Get out of here!" shouts the bartender. "We don't serve your type." Two artists had an art contest. It ended in a draw. Q: What do you call a train carrying bubblegum?
A: A chew-chew train.
Be happy while you're living, For you're a long time dead.
Scottish Proverb
"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner "It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things."
― Leonardo da Vinci
"Love all, trust a few,
Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech."
― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well John 10:10
"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." ― Lord Jesus "Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in, except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force. Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."
― Winston Churchill, Never Give In! The Best of Winston Churchill's Speeches "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do." ― Edward Everett Hale Amor vincit omnia, so Cato affirmeth,
And therefore a Frier whose fancie soone burneth,
Because he is mortall and made of mould,
He omits what he ought, and doth more than he should.
—William Shakespeare, The first and second part of the troublesome raigne of Iohn King of England, 1611 Q: What did the bald man exclaim when he received a comb for a present?
R: Thanks — I'll never part with it!
"Never look back unless you are planning to go that way."
Henry David Thoreau
"Don't look back. You'll miss what's in front of you. I don't look back. I'm like a shark – I only look forward."
Rita Rudner
"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy. "Don't trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar." — Unknown "Those who play with fire will get burnt." — Portuguese Proverb "If someone bases his/her happiness on major events like a great job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn't going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness." —Andy Rooney A mailman made a castle in France.
Le Palais Idéal is an 85-foot-long, 33-foot-high castle 30 miles south of Lyon made from rocks that a 19th-century French postman picked up during his mail route over the course of 34 years. Despite having precisely zero formal architectural training, he built the massive structure himself, complete with pillars, grottoes and flying buttresses—and visitors still go out to view it today. If milk can spoil in the refrigerator, why doesn't it spoil inside of cows?
It probably has to do with the combination of body heat and the right balance of bacteria. The milk stays fresh until its delivery to the intended recipient: the hungry calf. I tried to sue the airport for misplacing my luggage. I lost my case. "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him" (James 1:5). Philippians 4:7
7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Psalms 46:1
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. There's only one human organ that naturally regenerates.
Of all the organs in the human body, the liver is the only that can regenerate on its own. As researcher Richard Bowen explains, "The liver has a remarkable capacity to regenerate after injury and to adjust its size to match its host. Within a week after partial hepatectomy, which, in typical experimental settings entails surgical removal of two-thirds of the liver, hepatic mass is back essentially to what it was prior to surgery." Neil Armstrong once threatened to sue his barber for selling his hair.
In 2005, Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber, who earned an estimated $3,000 by selling his famous customer's hair. The barber refused, and in 2016, both the hair and the barber's comb and scissors went on sale on Amazon for $38,611. Viking men wore makeup?!
Vikings were some of the toughest dudes in history, but they cared about their appearance enough that makeup was a standard part of their look, regardless of gender. According to the National Museum of Denmark, "A Spanish Arab who visited Hedeby around the year 1000 described how both men and women in the town wore makeup to look younger and more attractive." When Moses asked God, "Who shall I tell Pharaoh has sent me?" God said, "I AM THAT I AM." Jehovah or Yahweh is the most intensely sacred name to Jewish scribes and many will not even pronounce the name. When possible, they use another name." https://www.biblestudytools.com/bib... "Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley Acts 2:38
"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." "Someday, somewhere – anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life." ― Pablo Neruda "In Vino Veritas"
"Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak." — Lysa TerKeurst * Glossary: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess * Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind... * Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-... * Morphy - Anderssen: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Storm the Kingside: https://www.chess.com/lessons/slayi... * Tactics from the Old Masters: https://www.chess.com/lessons/tacti... * Famous Puzzle: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?... "Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon "Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck "The good old days were never that good, believe me. The good new days are today, and better days are coming tomorrow. Our greatest songs are still unsung." ― Hubert H. Humphrey "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ― Dr. Seuss "Don't underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering." — Winnie the Pooh "To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness."— Mary Stuart "Happiness depends upon ourselves." — Aristotle "It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will." — L.M. Montgomery "Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking." — Marcus Aurelius Antoninus "I'd far rather be happy than right any day." — Douglas Adams
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