"You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends."

Conrad, Joseph on enemies
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"A strong foe is better than a weak friend."

Dahlberg, Edward on enemies
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"It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you."

Dane, Frank on enemies
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"There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck."

Euripides on enemies
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"I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember."

Ford, Gerald R. on enemies   

"Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults."

Franklin, Benjamin on enemies
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"Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies."

Franklin, Benjamin on enemies
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"No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on enemies
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"A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends."

Gracian, Baltasar on enemies
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"Only enemies speak the truth. Friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty."

King, Stephen on enemies
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"Even a paranoid can have enemies."

Kissinger, Henry on enemies
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"The pain we feel When someone leaves our life is in direct proportion to the joy they bring while a part of our life for a few moments. In my life you made me feel as if I truly meant something to someone"

Javan on praise
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"He who does not accept and respect those who want to reject life does not truly accept and respect life itself."

Szasz, Thomas on suicide
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"No one ever lacks a good reason for suicide."

Pavese, Cesare on suicide
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"It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on suicide
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"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."

Burke, Edmund on doubt
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"Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits."

Burke, Edmund on economy and economics   

"Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations -- wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco."

Burke, Edmund on drugs
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

Burke, Edmund on evil
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"Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other"

Burke, Edmund on example
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"It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact."

Burke, Edmund on facts
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"Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

Burke, Edmund on fame   

"No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."

Burke, Edmund on fear
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"Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver."

Burke, Edmund on flattery   

"When ever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither is safe."

Burke, Edmund on freedom
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"Ambition can creep as well as soar."

Burke, Edmund on ambition   

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."

Burke, Edmund on alliances   

"A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood."

Burke, Edmund on america   

"Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government."

Burke, Edmund on government
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"The great must submit to the dominion of prudence and of virtue, or none will long submit to the dominion of the great."

Burke, Edmund on greatness   

"Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state."

Burke, Edmund on greatness   

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"People will not look forward to posterity who will not look backward to their ancestors."

Burke, Edmund on history and historians   

"To innovate is not to reform."

Burke, Edmund on innovation   

"Bad laws are the worst form of tyranny."

Burke, Edmund on law and lawyers
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"Laws, like houses, lean on one another."

Burke, Edmund on law and lawyers   

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"The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts."

Burke, Edmund on liberty   

"Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed."

Burke, Edmund on liberty   

"The people never give up their liberties, but under some delusion."

Burke, Edmund on liberty   

"The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations."

Burke, Edmund on liberty   

"We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation."

Burke, Edmund on applause