"A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate."

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

Rona Barrett, American Journalist

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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

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"You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life."

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"To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy."

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"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves."

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"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."

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"What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation."

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"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."

"'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."

"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

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

"Pick your enemies carefully or you'll never make it in Los Angeles."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Explore more quotes by Emile M. Cioran

"You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life."

"Nothing proves that we are more than nothing."

"To venture upon an undertaking of any kind, even the most insignificant, is to sacrifice to envy."

"Woes and wonders of Power, that tonic hell, synthesis of poison and panacea."

"Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas."

"Under each formula lies a corpse."

"The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary."

"Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves."

"To act is to anchor in the imminent future."

"What pride to discover that nothing belongs to you - what a revelation."