Enemies Quotes
The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.Enemies
Adams, Douglas
1952 British Science Fiction Writer
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Aesop
620-560 BC Greek Fabulist
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer s day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.
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Aesop
620-560 BC Greek Fabulist
Enemies promises were made to be broken.
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Aesop
620-560 BC Greek Fabulist
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
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Antisthenes
388-311 BC Greek Dramatist
Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults
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Antisthenes
388-311 BC Greek Dramatist
Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
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Antisthenes
388-311 BC Greek Dramatist
Wise men learn many things from their enemies.
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Aristophanes
BC 448-380 Greek Comic Poet Satirist
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. [Matthew]
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Bible
Sacred Scriptures of Christians and Judaism
When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
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Blake, William
1757-1827 British Poet Painter
It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
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Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.
1803-1873 British Novelist Poet
If there be no enemy there s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.
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Carlyle, Thomas
1795-1881 Scottish Philosopher Author
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
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Cervantes, Miguel De
1547-1616 Spanish Novelist Dramatist Poet
We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.
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Chambers, Oswald
1874-1917 Scottish Preacher Author
The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
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Channing, William Ellery
1780-1842 American Unitarian Minister Author
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
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Chesterfield, Lord
1694-1773 British Statesman Author
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.
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Colbert, Claudette
You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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Conrad, Joseph
1857-1924 Polish-born British Novelist
A strong foe is better than a weak friend.
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Dahlberg, Edward
1900-1977 American Author Critic
It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.
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Dane, Frank
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.
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Dickson, R A
There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.
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Euripides
BC 480-406 Greek Tragic Poet
I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.
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Ford, Gerald R.
1913 Thirty-eighth President of the USA
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
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Franklin, Benjamin
1706-1790 American Scientist Publisher Diplomat
Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
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Franklin, Benjamin
1706-1790 American Scientist Publisher Diplomat
Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
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Franklin, Benjamin
1706-1790 American Scientist Publisher Diplomat
No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
1749-1832 German Poet Dramatist Novelist
A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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Gracian, Baltasar
1601-1658 Spanish Philosopher Writer
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They re the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!
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Harding, Warren Gamaliel
1865-1923 American Republican Politician President
Enemies are so stimulating.
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Hepburn, Katharine
1907 American Actress Writer
One enemy is too much.
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Herbert, George
1593-1632 British Metaphysical Poet
No man should ever display his bravery unless he is prepared for battle, nor bear the marks of defiance, until he has experienced the abilities of his enemy.
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Hitopadesa
600-1100 AD Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantra
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he ll know what to do with it.
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Horton, Doug
Man s chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.
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Jones, Ernest
1879-1958 British Psychoanalyst
We have meet the enemy; and he is us.
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Kelly, Walt
1913-1973 American Animator Strip Cartoonist
The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.
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Kempis, Thomas
1379-1471 German Monk Mystic Religious Writer
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.
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Kempton, Sally
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Kennedy, John F.
1917-1963 Thirty-fifth President of the USA
Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
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King, Stephen
1947 American Horror Writer Actor
Even a paranoid can have enemies.
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Kissinger, Henry
1923 American Republican Politician Secretary of State
Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves.
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
1613-1680 French Classical Writer
Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves.
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
1613-1680 French Classical Writer
Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
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Lee, Bruce
1940-1973 Chinese-American Actor Director Author Martial Artist
The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.
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Lincoln, Abraham
1809-1865 Sixteenth President of the USA
I don t have a warm personal enemy left. They ve all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me.
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Luce, Clare Boothe
1903-1987 American Diplomat Writer
The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.
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Miller, Henry
1891-1980 American Author
There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.
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Moore, Frankfort
The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.
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Morley, Christopher
1890-1957 American Novelist Journalist Poet
He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy s life.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich
1844-1900 German Philosopher
Bear patiently with a rival.
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Ovid
BC 43-18 AD Roman Poet
Five enemies of peace inhabit with us -- avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.
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Petrarch, Francesco
1304-1374 Italian Poet Humanist
Man has no greater enemy than himself.
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Petrarch, Francesco
1304-1374 Italian Poet Humanist
Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.
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Proverb
When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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Proverb, African
Sayings of African Origin
The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.
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Proverb, Chinese
Sayings of Chinese Origin
False friends are worst than bitter enemies.
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Proverb, Scottish
Sayings of Scottish Origin
Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.
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Richards, Mary Caroline
Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.
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Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
1828-1882 British Poet Painter
Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.
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Simpson, N. F.
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
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Spurgeon, Charles Haddon
1834-1892 British Baptist Preacher
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis
1850-1895 Scottish Essayist Poet Novelist
Convince an enemy, convince him that he s wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.
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Sumner, Gordon
One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.
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Swetchine, Anne Sophie
1782-1857 Russian Author
One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
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Swift, Jonathan
1667-1745 Anglo-Irish Satirist
It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.
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Syrus, Publilius
1st Century BC Roman Writer
It pays to know the enemy -- not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.
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Thatcher, Margaret
1925 British Stateswoman Prime Minister (1979-90)
Speak well of your enemies... you made them.
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Unknown, Source
One reason we should love our enemies is that we made them ourselves. Another reason is that they keep us on our toes, a third reason is that we should make them our friends.
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Unknown, Source
A person is his own worst enemy.
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Unknown, Source
If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.
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Unknown, Source
In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Voltaire
1694-1778 French Historian Writer
I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don t believe I deserved my friends.
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Whitman, Walt
1819-1892 American Poet
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Wilde, Oscar
1856-1900 British Author Wit
The person who builds a character makes foes.
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