"Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies."

Enemy, Enemies, Learning, Necessity

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"Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies."

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"You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one."

John Irving, American Novelist

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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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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"Friends come and go but enemies accumulate."

Arthur Bloch, American Author

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"When I'm left on my own I'm my own worst enemy."

Ron Wood, British Musician

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"The soldier's main enemy is not the opposing soldier, but his own commander."

Ramman Kenoun, French Philosopher

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"It's hard to be done a favor by a man you hate. It's hard to hate him so much afterwards. Losing an enemy can be worse than losing a friend, if you've had him for long enough."

Joe Abercrombie, English Novelist

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"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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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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"The enemy of idealism is zealotry."

Neil Kinnock, Spanish Politician

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