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"The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman."
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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."

"'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."

"Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not."

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

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."
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"The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals."

"The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it."

"As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture."
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