Enemies Quotes

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For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies. — Laurence Sterne
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will… — Tacitus
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not work… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical… — Lewis Thomas
Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies. — Leon Trotsky
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people. — Dalton Trumbo
It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them. — Lana Turner
If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. — Desmond Tutu
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. — Mark Twain
In the animal kingdom, one of the keys to survival is to outwit your enemies. And when you're surrounded by carnivores, one of the best… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. — Peter Ustinov
Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content. — Paul Valery
You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other; our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That is… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start… — John W. Vessey, Jr.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. — Voltaire
The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age. — Orson Welles
Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if… — Jessamyn West
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. — Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. — Oscar Wilde
I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too… — Oscar Wilde
He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends. — Oscar Wilde
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him. — Oscar Wilde
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies… — Marianne Williamson
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my… — E. O. Wilson

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