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
-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
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
