07/11/2009 by Nikita
Cornelis de Man of Delft, The Chess Players, c. 1670, Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest – Source:mentalblog
We all know by looking at evidence like art, poems, photos etc. we can tell what happened in the past. Do I have to say more…
See this video if you want me to explain more…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WLGMC9B6zw
I took the road less travelled by,
and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost
There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance. - Goethe
Churchill described his impressions of the Boer army when he first saw it, as a recently taken captive: 'What men they were, these Boers! I thought of them as I had seen them in the morning riding forward through the rain--thousands of independent riflemen, thinking for themselves, possessed of beautiful weapons, led with skill, living as they rode without commissariat or transport or ammunition column, moving like the wind, and supported by iron constitutions'.
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.-Abraham Lincoln
Spoken by great men:"Give me 20 divisions of American soldiers and I will breach Europe. Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen and I will advance to the borders of Berlin. Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth." - Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander of the Allied Forces during WW2.
"The Americans fight for a free world, the English mostly for honour, glory and medals, the French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate. The Italians are too scared to fight, the Russians have no choice. The Germans for their Fatherland. The Boers? Those sons of Bitches fight for the hell of it." American General, George 'Guts and Glory' Patton.
A nation that forgets its past has no future - Winston Churchill
An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.-Confucius
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. -Herman Melville
God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade--C J Langenhoven
Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.- Paul Tillich
He who knows nothing, doubts nothing. Spanish proverb. Wisdom begins in wonder.- Socrates
Seek in the past everything that is good and clean and build thereon your future.
Vriende moet soos boeke wees, min, maar goed uitgesoek --Langenhoven
Some people come into our lives, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never the same.
By learning we teach and by teaching we learn
Men Top Ten chess players
Women Top Ten chess players
Are you familiar with the American painter Thomas Eakins? He was known for his realistic paintings of doctors performing surgery, but he also painted a famous picture of two people playing chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chess_Players_(painting)
hi Dan
Nope, haven’t heard of him. I will go again to the wiki-link you left me..there are a few paintings named: “The Chess players”. In this painting – in my entry – there is a female player…and it’s a painting of the 1600’s. That means…
That means what?? 😉
errr…you really wanna know? 🙂
I like the painting. And the one that Dan linked to. But this one has more life in it.
Hi Kop! Yes, I agree with you, I like this one more too.