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Enemies Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom…
- Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so…
- If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all;…
- If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.
- Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar of light and…
- It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
- Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have…
More Enemies Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
- Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! — Honore de Balzac
- If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and… — Honore de Balzac
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home… — Edward Abbey
- When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. — Joseph Addison
- An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer
- A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains… — Ambrose Bierce
- I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them. — Buffalo Bill