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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Oscar Wilde

Enemies
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A person is his own worst enemy.

Enemies
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A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Edward Dahlberg

Enemies
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A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Baltasar Gracián y Morales

Enemies
5

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

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

Charles Spurgeon

Enemies
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Enemies are so stimulating.

Katharine Hepburn

Enemies
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Enemies promises were made to be broken.

Aesop

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Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Henry Kissinger

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10

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Enemies
11

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

Enemies
12

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.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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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.

Clare Boothe Luce

Enemies
15

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

Gerald Ford

Enemies
16

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

Benjamin Franklin

Enemies
17

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

Walt Whitman

Enemies
18

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

Doug Horton

Enemies
19

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Thomas Carlyle

Enemies
20

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

Enemies
21

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

Voltaire

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22

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Publilius Syrus

Enemies
23

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Enemies
24

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

Frank Dane

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25

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

Margaret Thatcher

Enemies
26

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Earl of Chesterfield

Enemies
27

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. -- Matthew

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Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

Benjamin Franklin

Enemies
29

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.

Enemies
30

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Enemies
31

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

Jonathan Swift

Enemies
32

One enemy is too much.

George Herbert

Enemies
33

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

Madame Swetchine

Enemies
34

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.

Enemies
35

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

François de La Rochefoucauld

Enemies
36

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

François de La Rochefoucauld

Enemies
37

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

Miguel de Cervantes

Enemies
38

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

Benjamin Franklin

Enemies
39

Speak well of your enemies... you made them.

Enemies
40

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

Bruce Lee

Enemies
41

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.

Enemies
42

The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.

Abraham Lincoln

Enemies
43

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Christopher Morley

Enemies
44

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.

Thomas à Kempis

Enemies
45

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Enemies
46

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.

Henry Miller

Enemies
47

The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

William Ellery Channing

Enemies
48

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

Euripides

Enemies
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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.

Aesop

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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

Oswald Chambers

Enemies
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Aesop

Enemies
52

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

William Blake

Enemies
53

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Mary Caroline Richards

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Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Jesus Christ

Love, Enemies
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You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Joseph Conrad

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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

A person is his own worst enemy.

A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Bear patiently with a rival.

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

Enemies are so stimulating.

Enemies promises were made to be broken.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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.

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

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

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

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

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

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

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

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

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

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

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. -- Matthew

Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.

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.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

One enemy is too much.

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

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.

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

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

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

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

Speak well of your enemies... you made them.

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

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing.

The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

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.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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.

The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

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