"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune."

-- Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

#Chess Quotes #Pawns Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“He hits it long. His shoulders are impressively quick through the ball. That's where he's getting his power from. He's young and has great elasticity.”
“Some people in my family achieved a lot, some people inherited a lot. But I turned my back on the whole thing.”

Source : "Anna Chancellor: My family values". Interview with Caroline Rees, www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2012.
“And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.”
“To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted ...”

Source : Ann Radcliffe (1820). “The romance of the forest, by the authoress of 'A Sicilian romance'.”, p.187
“[Government's] great contribution to human wisdom...is the discovery that the taxpayer has more than one pocket.”
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.”
“I wasn't able to afford high-end brands or any of that, so I grew up on streetwear.”

Source : Source: www.highsnobiety.com
“It is the misanthrope who alone has clarity.By standing outside the huddles of man,he sees a lot,and what he often sees is the evidence that people are not as smart as dogs think they are.And he wants to see it time and again.In the fog of ambiguities and mysteries,he desperately searches for truths because truth usually shows humanity in a poor light”

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