“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.” MaySaidPlaySituationEnemyTakenPiecesCapturedPawns Book:The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece Source: The chess-player's handbook ...: with frontispiece
“While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.” OrderEnemyTakenEffectsMilitaryHitting Book:Foch - The Man Of Orleans Source: Foch - The Man Of Orleans
“I control my life and I have never let success run away with me - I've taken it and ran. And the only thing that could threaten my stability is me - I'm my only threat and my own worst enemy. Beyond that, I don't feel successful. I'm nowhere near where I plan to be as far as my goals.” FeelsRunningGoalMy OwnEnemySuccessfulTakenPlansWorstThreatRanStabilityRunning AwayWorst EnemyMy Own Worst Enemy Author:Chaka Khan
“Once you've taken a public stand you know is right, never back down; anything less than a rock-hard stance will let your enemies nibble you to death.” KnowsHardEnemyTakenRocksStanceNever Back Down Author:L. Neil Smith
“The rights of citizenship will be taken away from all Jews and other non-Aryans. They are inferior and therefore enemies of the state. It is the duty of all true Aryans to hate and despise them.” StatesHateEnemyTakenRightsDutyJewDespiseInferiorsCitizenship Author:Charlie Chaplin
“Life is a thin narrowness of taken-for-granted, a plank over a canyon in a fog. There is something under our feet, the taken-for-granted. A table is a table, food is food, we are we - because we don't question these things. And science is the enemy because it is the questioner. Faith saves our souls alive by giving us a universe of the taken-for-granted.” LifeGivingSoulScienceLife IsUniverseEnemyTakenAliveFeetTablesGrantedFogTaken For GrantedCanyons Author:Rose Wilder Lane
“But it is almost impossible to communicate with them [one's spies in the enemy camp] and receive the information they possess ... Even when the general receives from his spies information of movements, he still knows nothing of those which may since have taken place, nor of what the enemy is going finally to attempt.” KnowsMayStillsEnemyTakenImpossibleInformationMovementCommunicateCampsSpy Author:Antoine-Henri Jomini