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Cecil Beaton

"I can't afford a whole new set of enemies."

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"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies."

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"Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen."

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"Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival."

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

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

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"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

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"The best weapon against an enemy is another 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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