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"You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad."
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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."
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"He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion."

"Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship."

"You may tell a man thou art a fiend, but not your nose wants blowing; to him alone who can bear a thing of that kind, you may tell all."

"Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius."

"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."
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