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title: "9 Single Enemy Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ali-bassam/better-to-have-one-thousand-enemies-outside-the-house-than-to-have/)

[Ali Bassam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ali-bassam/)

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> [“In case of doubt, do not be content with a single enemy, take two.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/in-case-of-doubt-do-not-be-content-with-a-single-enemy-take-two/)

[sir kristian goldmund aumann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/285/sir-kristian-goldmund-aumann-6_doubt_in-case-of-doubt-do-not-be-content-with_2350562.jpg)

> [The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murray-rothbard/the-state-is-and-always-has-been-the-great-single-enemy-of-the-human/)

[Murray Rothbard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murray-rothbard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/murray-rothbard-1563_enemy_the-state-is-and-always-has-been-the-gre_2346418.jpg)

> [It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saadi/it-is-better-to-break-off-a-thousand-friendships-than-to-endure-the/)

[Saadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saadi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/672/saadi-2340_break_it-is-better-to-break-off-a-thousand-fri_1066971.png)

> [I think the greatest single enemy is the misuse of information, the perversion of truth in the hands of terribly skillful people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/i-think-the-greatest-single-enemy-is-the-misuse-of-information-the/)

[John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/)

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> [Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali/believe-me-a-thousand-friends-suffice-thee-not-in-a-single-enemy-thou/)

[Muhammad Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b36/muhammad-ali-386_believe_believe-me-a-thousand-friends-suffice-th_979731.jpg)

> [One of the problems of other MMOs combat is that you often have scenarios where you have multiple heroes beating on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ohlen/one-of-the-problems-of-other-mmos-combat-is-that-you-often-have/)

[James Ohlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ohlen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c9/james-ohlen-105657_combat_one-of-the-problems-of-other-mmos-combat_3186860.png)

> [The efficiency of a truly national leader consists primarily in preventing the division of the attention of a people, and always in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/the-efficiency-of-a-truly-national-leader-consists-primarily-in/)

[Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/081/adolf-hitler-253_attention_the-efficiency-of-a-truly-national-leade_1274378.jpg)

> [Once you overcome the hatred within your mind, you will discover that in the world outside, there is no longer any such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche/once-you-overcome-the-hatred-within-your-mind-you-will-discover-that/)

[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/dilgo-khyentse-rinpoche-15872_enemy_once-you-overcome-the-hatred-within-your_2326219.jpg)

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