"His foe was folly and his weapon wit." — Anthony Hope
"His foe was folly and his weapon wit."
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Anthony Hope
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13 Quotes by Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope has 13 quotes on this site.
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I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.
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Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
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He is very fond of making things which he does not want, and then giving them to people who have…
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In the deep, unwritten wisdom of life there are many things to be learned that cannot be taught. We never…
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You oughtn't to yield to temptation. Well, somebody must, or the thing becomes absurd.
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I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.
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Good families are generally worse than any others.
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Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?
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I have an income nearly sufficient for my wants (no one's income is ever quite sufficient, you know).
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There are moments when I dare not think of it, but there are others when I rise in spirit to…
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For my part, if a man must needs be a knave I would have him a debonair knave... It makes…
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Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
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More Foe Quotes
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one of 351 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
— Aristophanes
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When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
— Michele Bachmann
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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe:…
— William Blake
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Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not…
— Oswald Chambers
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Expose foes wit my hocus pocus flows, they froze now suckas idolize my chosen blows
— Tupac Shakur
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I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Only those who are spiritual perceive the reality of the spiritual foe and hence engage in battle. Such warfare is…
— Watchman Nee
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A friend to honesty and a foe to crime
— Allan Pinkerton
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
— Sun Tzu
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So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak. Water shapes…
— Sun Tzu
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Golf is more exacting than racing, cards, speculation, or matrimony. In almost all other games you pit yourself against a…
— Arnold Haultain
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