Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters.

-Saint-Just

To dare: that is the whole secret of revolutions.

-Saint-Just

If all people are free, all are equal. If they are equal, they are just.

-Saint-Just

Fame is an empty noise. Let us put our ears to the centuries that have gone: we no longer hear anything; those who, at another time, shall walk among our urns, shall hear no more. The good - that is what we must pursue, whatever the price, preferring the title of a dead hero to that of a living coward.

-Saint-Just

Keep cool and you command everybody.

-Saint-Just

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.

-Saint-Just

Morality is stronger than tyrants.

-Saint-Just

When a people, having become free, establish wise laws, their revolution is complete.

-Saint-Just

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just[a] (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ʒyst]; 25 August 1767 – 10 Thermidor, Year II [28 July 1794]), sometimes nicknamed the Archangel of Terror,[1][2][3] was a French revolutionary, political philosopher, member and president of the French National Convention, a Jacobin club leader, and a major figure of the French Revolution. The youngest person elected to the National Convention, he was a member of the Mountain faction and a steadfast supporter and close friend of Robespierre. He was swept away in Robespierre's downfall on 9 Thermidor, Year II.

Best quotes:

“What man is a man, who does not make the world better?” —Kingdom of Heaven, directed by Ridley Scott

“You are not what you were born but what you have it in yourself to be.” —Kingdom of Heaven

“Complications arose, ensued, were overcome.” —Jack Sparrow, Pirates of the Carribean 2 (This is how we should all live life!)

“Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity, and so we ask ourselves: Will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names, long after we’re gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?” —Troy

“In the fell clutch of circumstance

I have not winced nor cried aloud

Under the bludgeonings of chance

My head is bloody, but unbowed.” —The poem Invictus

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Best books: The Teutonic Knights, by Henryk Sienkiewicz

The Day the World Trembled, by Lee Levin

The Last Days of the Incas, by Kim Macquarrie

The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Cannae, by Adrian Goldsworthy

Honorable mention: With Fire and Sword, also by Henryk Sienkiewicz. I have not actually read the book, but I have heard great things about it. The movie version is one of the best films I’ve ever seen.

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Best movies:

The Director’s Cut of Kingdom of Heaven

The Mask of Zorro

The Legend of Zorro

With Fire and Sword

The Man in the Iron Mask

La Revolution Francais

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Julius Caesar Epic Action movie

The Pirates of the Carribean series

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I am Jewish and proud of it. However, other faiths interest me as well and I try to be open to ideas and philosophies from any and all religions. Stoicism particularly appeals to me as far as philosophies go.

My personal role models are the famous Rabbi Hillel, who gave some great quotes (Which you’ll see in a minute), the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, and the philosopher and stoic Seneca.

Great quotes by Rabbi Hillel:

“Do not judge your friends before you are in their place.”

“The hot-tempered cannot teach.”

“When no one else rises to the occasion, you must make the effort.”

“What is hateful to you, do not do to others.”

(This is the quote upon which Jesus based the Golden Rule)

Best quotes by Marcus Aurelius:

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

“It is not death a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.”

“Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.”

Best Bible verse:

“The you shall call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’”

—(Isaiah 58:9-10)

Life motto:

“What man is a man, who does not make the world better?” (See above)

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Thank you for reading through my profile. You can challenge me to a three-day game and I will most likely accept, and I also try to accept any friend requests. If you like, you can join my clubs and possibly be promoted:

Pirates and Sailors chess club

Ancient History Fans Chess club

Robert Falcon Scott Fan club

Ancient Roman chess club

Other clubs that I recommend you join:

Vendean Generals chess club

Deadly Queens chess club

Thirteenth Legion chess club

P.S. My profile picture is of Saint-Just, hence all the quotes and info about him

Bᴜʟʟʏɪɴɢ? Tʜɪɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ sᴏ ᴄᴏᴏʟ? -Tʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ғᴀᴛ?... Sʜᴇ ɪs ᴏɴ A Diet. -Tʜᴇ ɢɪRʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴜɢʟʏ?... Sʜᴇ sᴘᴇɴᴅs ʜᴏᴜʀs ᴘᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴍᴀᴋᴇᴜᴘ ᴏɴ ʜᴏᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴇʀ. -Tʜᴇ ʙᴏʏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛrɪpped? Hᴇ ɪs ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴀᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ. - Sᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴜɢʟʏ sᴄᴀʀs?... Hᴇ ғᴏᴜɢʜᴛ ғᴏʀ ʜɪs ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ. - Tʜᴀᴛ ɢᴜʏ ʏoᴜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ғᴜɴ ᴏғ ғᴏʀ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ?... Hɪs ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ɪs ᴅʏɪɴɢ. -Tʜᴀᴛ ᴋɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ғᴜɴ ᴏғ ғᴏʀ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʙᴀʟᴅ?...Hᴇ ʜᴀs ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ. - Pᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪs ɪn your profile ɪғ ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ʙᴜʟʟʏɪɴɢ. I ʙᴇᴛ ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴏғ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴏɴ'ᴛ ʀᴇ-ᴘᴏsᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ I'ᴍ sᴜʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀrt will. ________________________________________________________________________________________Listen, ok? I need everyone to know this. Please, don't smoke, or do drugs, or weed, ect. ALL OF THE ABOVE, Please? It hurts me to see people do this, I know you are better than this. You are stronger than the drug, now it's time for you to prove it.

I'll see yall later, FOR SURE

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A little passage from the book I’m writing:

“We look from where we have come—and we see ourselves. We must see ourselves—we must not see people whose names have faded like a wind that stirs the branches and then is no more, we must not see the memories of smiles and tears long forgotten, we must see these lives as we see our own lives—and in that, we see all the glory and vice of the world. We see the faces of those who lived, and laughed, and loved, of those who spent their lives in search of a future they could never realize, those who gave up their dreams so that those who came later could dream theirs. We, too, must bestow a dream upon those who shall follow in our footsteps, in the twisting and narrow and sometimes treacherous path that we walk, we, too, must provide an inspiration, must stand as a testimony, must light the world as a beacon, that all who hear our names and tread the path we have cleared with our own sweat and our own dreams sacrificed for the lives of others, all who look upon us and wonder what feelings flowed through our veins, what songs ebbed and flowed with our breath, what love swelled in our hearts, may know the same glory that we know, may be filled with the same inspiration that fills our hearts, the inspiration that challenges man to reach for the stars, that beckons the daring to a still greater challenge, the challenge to be as we were, to live as life ordained, to breathe as we were made to breathe, to fulfill our duty to the last, to fight like gods, to die like men.”

I copied this from someone else's account because I liked it so much: A game is always won through a mistake. When you see a good move, sit on your hands and find a better one. I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves.(Bobby Fischer) Many have become Chess Masters, no one has become the Master of Chess. The essence of Chess is thinking about what Chess is. Good positions don't win games, good moves do. What would Chess be without silly mistakes? Every Chess master was once a beginner. Chess is not like life... it has rules! One bad move nullifies forty good ones. Chess is a game. Chess is a battle. Chess is war. It is art, science, logic, and beauty. Chess is the ultimate contest between two minds. Chess is drama. It is tragedy. It is tears and frustration. Chess is despair. Chess is laughter, joy, and triumph. Chess is a friendship formed through a contest. Chess is 16 pieces, 32 men, 64 squares. It is openings and endgames, tactics and strategy. Chess is combinations. Chess is planning. Chess is the sharpening of the mind, the exercise of the brain. Chess is thinking. Chess is pure thought. Chess is tension, toil, and strife. Chess is losing. Chess is winning. Chess is beating and being beaten. Chess is where all excuses fail. Chess is a hobby, a mania, a fixation. Chess is an addiction. Chess is passion. Chess is life.

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