"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

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"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

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"Our enemies are quite good for relentlessly keeping us sharp and on our toes. This especially goes for sincere philosophers. They use their enemies to challenge their arguments so that they can know the weak points in their own reasoning and how to argue for and strengthen their position. There are just none like one's enemies to always look for his mistakes and do it harder than anyone else."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Enemy, Philosophy, Reasoning, Growth

"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Enemy, Self, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Enemy, Man, Revenge

"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Enemy, Road

"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

Rona Barrett, American Journalist

Enemy, Enemies

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

Enemy, Man, Poor, Right

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"A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting."

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"No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool."

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"The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject."

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"When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters."

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"There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it."

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"Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes."

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"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."

"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."

"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."

"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Explore more quotes by George Savile

"A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting."

"The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory."

"No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool."

"The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject."

"When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters."

"There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it."

"Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes."

"If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers."

"Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison."

"Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side."