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"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
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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."
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"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."
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"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."
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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."
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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
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"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."
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"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."
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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."
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"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
Enemy
"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."
Death
"I cannot command winds and weather."
Leadership
"Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon."
Mistake
"Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better."
Politics
"In honour I gained them, and in honour I will die with them."
Will
"I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps."
Glory
"Now I can do no more. We must trust to the Great Disposer of all events and the justice of our cause. I thank God for this opportunity of doing my duty."
Trust
"I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor."
Humor
"Buonaparte has often made his boast that our fleet would be worn out by keeping the sea and that his was kept in order and increasing by staying in port; but know he finds, I fancy, if Emperors hear the truth, that his fleet suffers more in a night than ours in one year."
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