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Enemy Quotes

"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

"Flee an enemy who knows your weakness."

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

Enemy, Weakness

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"The enemies of freedom will not prevail."

"The enemies of freedom will not prevail."

Bill Frist, American Politician

Enemy, Enemies, Freedom, Will

9

"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."

"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

8

"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths."

"The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths."

William James, American Philosopher

Enemy, May, Rest

8

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

8

"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

James Bovard, American Author

Enemy, Example, Scandal

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"Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters."

"Foreknowledge of the future makes it possible to manipulate both enemies and supporters."

Raymond Aron, French Philosopher

Enemy, Enemies, Future

8

"Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large."

"Falling little wind, it was five before I could form my line, or distinguish any of the enemy's motions; and could not judge at all of their force, more than by numbers, which were seventeen, and thirteen appeared large."

John Byng, British Soldier

Enemy, Force, Numbers, Wind

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"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me."

"I don't have a warm personal enemy left. They've all died off. I miss them terribly because they helped define me."

Clare Boothe Luce, American Dramatist

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"Keep your enemies in front of you."

"Keep your enemies in front of you."

Chris Matthews, American Journalist

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"Always keep your friends close, but your enemies keep closer."

"Always keep your friends close, but your enemies keep closer."

J. Wallace Day, American Writer

Enemy, Enemies, Friends

8

"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies."

"No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies."

Daisy Bates, American Activist

Enemy, Enemies, Man, Woman

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"I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them."

"I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them."

Buffalo Bill, American Celebrity

Enemy, Enemies, Meeting, Risk, Running

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"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."

"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."

Frank Herbert, American Writer

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

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

Brent Scowcroft, American Public Servant

7

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

"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

7

"My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years."

"My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years."

Margaret Anderson, American Editor

Enemy, Reality, Years

7

"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

"Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

7

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

"The wise learn many things from their enemies."

Aristophanes, Greek Poet

7

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."

"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."

George Orwell, British Author

Enemy, Insincerity, Language, Words

7

"Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap."

"Getting to the pint where the other is not the enemy is a big leap."

Stanley Crouch, American Critic

7

"We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands."

"We seem to be our own worst enemies. We should require critical U.S. infrastructure to remain in U.S. hands."

Duncan Hunter, American Politician

7

"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

"The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head."

John Byng, British Soldier

7

"All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault."

"All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault."

Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

Enemy, Fighting, Fire

6

"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."

"Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them."

James Fallows, American Journalist

Enemy, Enemies, Letters, Mail

6

"To identify the enemy is to free the mind."

"To identify the enemy is to free the mind."

Mari Evans, American Poet

6

"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

"The next morning we saw nothing of the enemy, though we were still lying to."

John Byng, British Soldier

Enemy, Lying, Nothing

6

"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."

"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

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"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."

"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Enemy, Enemies, Gifts, Saying

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"Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back."

"Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back."

Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet

Enemy, Enemies, Sheep

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"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

George Savile, English Politician

Enemy, Man, Nothing

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"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

"Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

Enemy, Man, Poor, Right

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

"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

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"Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race."

"Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race."

Henry Miller, American Author

Enemy, Man, Race

5

"Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen."

"Enemy: A friend whose mask has fallen."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Enemy, Friend, Betrayal, Truth

5

"I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever."

"I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever."

William Shirley, British Politician

Enemy, Enemies, Law, Opinion, Trade

4

"We have met the enemy, and they are ours."

"We have met the enemy, and they are ours."

Oliver Perry, American Soldier

4

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

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

Salman Rushdie, Indian Novelist

Enemy, Enemies, Hate

3

"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."

"An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Enemy, Enemies, Friends, Man

3

"I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw."

"I don't believe in deadlines, I don't believe in telling the enemy when we're going to withdraw."

Ken Buck, American Politician

3

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

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

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

Enemy, Enemies, Man

3

"Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival."

"Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Enemy, Survival, Life, Risk

3

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

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

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

2

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

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

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Enemy, Enemies, Gifts

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

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

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Enemy, Man, Revenge

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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."

"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

Enemy, Enemies, Existence, Struggle

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"Better is the enemy of good."

"Better is the enemy of good."

Voltaire, French Writer

1

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

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

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Enemy, Self, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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