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“When a Piece or Pawn is in a situation to be taken by the enemy, it is said to be en prise. To put a piece en prise, is to play it so that it may be captured.”

May Said Play Situation Enemy Taken Pieces Captured Pawns

Book:The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece

Source: The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece

“In the cross of Christ God is taking man dead-seriously so that he may open up for him the happy freedom of Easter. God takes upon himself the pain of negation and the God forsakenness of judgement to reconcile himself with his enemies and to give the godless fellowship with himself.”

Men Giving May Pain Christ Enemy Crosses Judgement Easter Fellowship Reconcile Negation

Book:Theology of play

Source: Theology of play

“Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends.”

Ifs May Waiting Enemy Fool Prove

Book:The White Queen

Source: The White Queen

“Man, even now, can do wonders to animals: my cat and dog live together in my house and seem to like it. It may have been one of man's functions to restore peace to the animal world, and if he had not joined the enemy he might have succeeded in doing so to an extent now hardly imaginable.”

Ifs Men World May Has Beens Seems Might Together House Can Do Animal Wonder Enemy Dog Creatures Cat Function Animal World Cat And Dog

Author:C. S. Lewis

“What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things - either to lose your loan or lose your friend.”

Ifs May Made Two Choices Asks Lost Loses Loss Enemy Kindness Presses Two Things Loan

Author:Plautus

“When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.”

May Enemy Forgiving Ill Haste Forgive Your Enemies

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“We may not be weaklings because we have a strong enemy.”

May Strong Enemy Weakness

Book:The sermons and life of ... Hugh Latimer, some time bishop of Worcester

Source: The sermons and life of ... Hugh Latimer, some time bishop of Worcester

“I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it. You may as well not issue any more orders to me, for I will not obey them... and as I say to you that if you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path it will be at the peril of your life.”

“How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such vanities, flying to the Saviour's Cross, and clasping His Crown of thorns to your heart, so that these little foxes may not spoil your vines. Beware of entering into any manner of treaty with the Enemy; do not delude yourself by listening to him while intending to reject him.”

Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]

“Barack Obama said he may negotiate with the Taliban. A lot of people are saying okay, but be careful. But I said this guy has experience negotiating with the enemy. For gosh sake, he lives with his mother-in-law, you know.”

People Knows May Said Law Mother Guy Enemy Okay Sake Careful Barack Be Careful This Guy In-laws Taliban Negotiating Mother In Law

Author:David Letterman

“May peace rule the universe, may peace rule in kingdoms and empires, may peace rule in states and in the lands of the potentates, may peace rule in the house of friends and may peace also rule in the house of enemies.”

May States Universe House Peace Enemy Land Kingdoms Empires

Author:Virchand Gandhi

“Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses, or may possess, is behaving in an unwise or even criminal manner. This applies to politics even more than it does to the art of war.”

May Mean Doe Art War Use Enemy Weapons Army Method Train Criminals Warfare Art Of War Unwise

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no matter how good one's intentions, makes one the enemy.”

May Matter Sound Enemy Weapons Intention

Author:Charles de Lint

“Virtue is the habit of acting according to wisdom. GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ, "Felicity", Leibniz: Political Writings Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered. JOHN LOCKE, Some Thoughts Concerning Education However wicked men may be, they do not dare openly to appear the enemies of virtue, and when they desire to persecute her they either pretend to believe her false or attribute crimes to her.”

“I was much an enemy to monarchies before I came to Europe. I am ten thousand times more so, since I have seen what they are. There is scarcely an evil known in these countries, which may not be traced to their king, as its source, nor a good, which is not derived from the small fibres of republicanism existing among them.”

May Country Evil Known Enemy Source Kings Thousand Ten Europe Monarchy Republicanism

Book:Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts

Source: Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts