Enemy Quotes

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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls… — 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 except yourselves. — 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
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to… — Dan Aykroyd
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no… — Douglas Bader
Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if you wish to… — Stanley Baldwin
Biography should be written by an acute enemy. — Arthur Balfour
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to… — Hosea Ballou
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 youth, the former… — Honore de Balzac
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. — Edward Abbey
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will… — Joseph Addison
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. — Joseph Addison
Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy. — Alfred Adler
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes… — Ambrose Bierce
I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them. — Buffalo Bill

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