Enemy Quote by Ali ibn Abi Talib Download Open image “It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.” — Ali ibn Abi Talib ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enemy Foolish Friendship Wisdom Wise Wise counsel Wise women
Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend. — Rumi Copy Share Image
Whoever is wise is apt to suspect and be diffident of himself, and upon that account is willing to "hearken unto counsel"; whereas the… — John Balguy Copy Share Image
The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends . — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
No man is so foolish but may give another good counsel sometimes; and no man is so wise, but may easily err, if he… — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Its better to have an enemy who puts u down frankly than to have a friend who puts you down secretly. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do not give to thy friends the most agreeable counsels, but the most advantageous. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur'an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among… — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach. — Ali ibn Abi Talib Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fear is a man's worst enemy, but love is a man's most powerful weapon against anything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
