"Privilege is the greatest enemy of right."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

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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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"Better is the enemy of good."

Voltaire, French Writer

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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"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."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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