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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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Demosthenes, Greek Statesman

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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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"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

John Byng, British Soldier

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"Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

James Bovard, American Author

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"Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man."

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"The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves."

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"Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness."

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"Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravity."

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