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"My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years."
Enemy
"I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration."
Inspirational
"It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane."
Sane
"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."
Nation
"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."
Love
"Intellectuals are too sentimental for me."
Intellectual
"Life for me has been exactly what I thought it would be, a cake, which I have eaten and had too."
Life
"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."
Creativity
"Self-preservation is the first responsibility."
Self-Preservation
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"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."
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Personal Development
"Better is the enemy of good."
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Personal Development
"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."
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Personal Development
"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."
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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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"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."
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Personal Development
"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
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"Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good."
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Personal Development
"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."
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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
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