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"One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good."
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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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"He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper."

"Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little."

"No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear."
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