"I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians."

Enemy, Enemies

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"I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians."

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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."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Enemy, Philosophy, Reasoning, Growth

"We are our own worst enemy and make no mistake we are destroying ourselves."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"I hate admitting that my enemies have a point."

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

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"Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not."

Brent Scowcroft, American Public Servant

Enemy, Israel

"To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Enemy, Excellence, Fight, Fighting

"I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies."

Will Rogers, American Actor

Enemy, Enemies, Forget, Golf, Hate

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

James Madison, American President

Enemy, Fighting, Land, Oppression

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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."

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"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves."

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"Custom is the great guide to human life."

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"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."

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"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence."

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"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge."

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"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."

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"Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived."

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"It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom."

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"A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker."

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