"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."

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"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."

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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

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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."

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

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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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"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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"Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack."

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"Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory."

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"Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."

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"Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared."

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"He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious."

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"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."

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"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."

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"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

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