Enemy Quotes

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Only fools wait when their enemies are coming, to see if they may prove to be friends. — Philippa Gregory
The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Whoâ€™s gonna make you happy when youâ€™re your own worst enemy? — Matisyahu
Our laws make law impossible; our liberties destroy all freedom; our property is organized robbery; our morality an impudent hypocrisy; our wisdom is administered by… — George Bernard Shaw
Men strive for peace, but it is their enemies that give them strength, and I think if man no longer had enemies, he would have… — Louis L'Amour
Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemy. — Charles Caleb Colton
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… — Charles Caleb Colton
Another way to put an end to self-rejection is ask yourself whether what you're telling yourself is what a friend would say, or what an… — Mira Kirshenbaum
Fame is like a suffocating castle sieged by the enemy. — Mehmet Murat Ildan
It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist… — B. H. Liddell Hart
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is… — B. H. Liddell Hart
While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard. — B. H. Liddell Hart
In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Air forces offered the possibility of striking a the enemy's economic and moral centres without having first to achieve 'the destruction of the enemy's main… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future — B. H. Liddell Hart
The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate. — Henry H. Arnold
Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad. — William Rounseville Alger
If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' This method works every time. — Henry C. Link
If you don't advertise yourself you will be advertised by your loving enemies. — Elbert Hubbard

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