"Blessed be the memory of him who gave the world this immortal game"

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Source : Alfred George Gardiner (1917). “Pebbles on the shore”

Alfred George Gardiner

#Memories Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Games Quotes

“See shades of grey... Act anyway”
“All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.”
“People will find transformation and transcendence in a McDonald's hash brown if it's all they've got.”
“The size of the promised paycheck is inversely proportional to the likelihood of surviving to collect it.”
“The stories never said why she was wicked. It was enough to be an old woman, enough to be all alone, enough to look strange because you have no teeth. It was enough to be called a witch. If it came to that, the book never gave you the evidence of anything. It talked about "a handsome prince"... was he really, or was it just because he was a prince that people called handsome? As for "a girl who was as beautiful as the day was long"... well, which day? In midwinter it hardly ever got light! The stories don't want you to think, they just wanted you to believe what you were told...”
“The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among the crowd, without wounding or even marking the character of any individual.”
“German history is full of serious mistakes pertaining to premature personnel decisions.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.”

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