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

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

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

"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."

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

"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will be an end of every modest restraint."

"Anyone who is an enemy of mine, let him love women, but let he who is my friend rejoice in men."

"Age makes all things greater after their death; a name comes to the tongue easier from the grave."

"Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste, or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?"

"Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough."
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