Quotes about enemies

"Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on enemies   

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"Our enemies approach nearer to truth in their judgments of us than we do ourselves."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on enemies   

"Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against."

Lee, Bruce on enemies
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"The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend."

Lincoln, Abraham on enemies
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"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me."

Luce, Clare Boothe on enemies   

"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."

Miller, Henry on enemies
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"There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy."

Moore, Frankfort on enemies
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"The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people."

Morley, Christopher on enemies   

"He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on enemies
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"Bear patiently with a rival."

Ovid on enemies   

"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."

Petrarch, Francesco on enemies   

"Man has no greater enemy than himself."

Petrarch, Francesco on enemies
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"Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing."

Proverb on enemies
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"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you."

Proverb, African on enemies
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"The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him."

Proverb, Chinese on enemies
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"False friends are worse than bitter enemies."

Proverb, Scottish on enemies
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"Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will."

Richards, Mary Caroline on enemies   

"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."

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel on enemies   

"Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy."

Simpson, N. F. on enemies   

"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon on enemies
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"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."

Stevenson, Robert Louis on enemies
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"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."

Sumner, Gordon on enemies   

"One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force."

Swetchine, Anne Sophie on enemies
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"One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good."

Swift, Jonathan on enemies
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"It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies."

Syrus, Publilius on enemies   

"It pays to know the enemy -- not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend."

Thatcher, Margaret on enemies
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"Speak well of your enemies... you made them."

Unknown, Source on enemies
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"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."

Unknown, Source on enemies   

"A person is his own worst enemy."

Unknown, Source on enemies   

"If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum."

Unknown, Source on enemies   

"In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

Voltaire on enemies
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"I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends."

Whitman, Walt on enemies
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"A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies."

Wilde, Oscar on enemies
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"The person who builds a character makes foes."

Young on enemies   

"am i not destroying my enemies when i make friends of them?"

Unknown on enemies
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"They will smile, as they always do when they plan a major attack late in the night. "

Stojanovic, Dejan on enemies