"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."

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"It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind."

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Shana Alexander, American Journalist

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"Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes."

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"The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer."

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"What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other."

Mary Douglas, British Scientist

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"Perhaps the enemies of liberty are such only because they judge it by its loud voice."

Jose Marti, Cuban Activist

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"I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave."

Manfred von Richthofen, German Aviator

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Willie Stargell, American Athlete

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"One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good."

Edmund Burke, Irish Statesman

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"Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread."

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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

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"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."

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"The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness. It is not like a drug; it is a particular state when everything happens very quickly, a mixture of consciousness and unconsciousness, of fear and pleasure, it's a little like making love, the physical act of love."

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"I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."

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"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."

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