"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

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"He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy."

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

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Enemy, Friend, Betrayal, Truth

"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

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"Better is the enemy of good."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"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

Enemy, Enemies, Existence, Struggle

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."

George Orwell, British Author

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"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

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"All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain."

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"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."

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"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man."

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"Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another."

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"The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns."

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"The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."

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"A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life."

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

"Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen."

"Better is the enemy of good."

"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."

"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."

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

Explore more quotes by Thomas Hobbes

"All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain."

"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."

"Words are the counters of wise men, and the money of fools."

"It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law."

"Such truth, as opposeth no man's profit, nor pleasure, is to all men welcome."

"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man."

"Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another."

"The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns."

"The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone."

"A man cannot lay down the right of resisting them that assault him by force, to take away his life."