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

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"I hate admitting that my enemies have a point."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy."

Early Wynn, American Athlete

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"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

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"Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law."

Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

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

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation."

Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer

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"It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak."

Morley Safer, Canadian Journalist

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"It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him."

Olin Miller, American Columnist

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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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"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."

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"The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth."

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"Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?"

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"Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us."

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"Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls."

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"Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows."

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"I hate admitting that my enemies have a point."

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

"A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy."

"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

"Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law."

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

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

"Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation."

"It is always disarming to treat with the enemy, so to speak."

"It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him."

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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."

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

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

"Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory."

"A marvel that has nothing to offer, democracy is at once a nation's paradise and its tomb."

"The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth."

"Isn't history ultimately the result of our fear of boredom?"

"Negation is the mind's first freedom, yet a negative habit is fruitful only so long as we exert ourselves to overcome it, adapt it to our needs; once acquired it can imprison us."

"Skepticism is the sadism of embittered souls."

"Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows."