Enemy Quotes

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An intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable requirements for my emotional life; I have always been able to create them anew,… — Sigmund Freud
Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies. — Baltasar Gracian
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor; the enemy of the people. It will keep you insane your whole life. — Anne Lamott
He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life. — C.S. Lewis
Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die. — Nelson Mandela
Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives. — Blaise Pascal
No amount of hatred can prevent an enemy from being right sometimes. — Wes Fesler
To wrong those we hate is to add fuel to our hatred. Conversely, to treat an enemy with magnanimity is to blunt our hatred for… — Eric Hoffer
You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies. — Aesop
It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends. — E. W. Howe
As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,… — Oscar Wilde
It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends 500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only 53 annually on the victims of poverty. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling… — Sam Keen
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. — Rumi
My brain more busy than the labouring spider Weaves tedious snares to trap mine enemies. — William Shakespeare
Self-respect will keep a man from being abject when he is in the power of enemies, and will enable him to feel that he may… — Bertrand Russell
Beware of that profound enemy of the free enterprise system who pays lip-service to free competition, but also labels every antitrust prosecution as a persecution. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. — Max Lerner
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me naked to… — William Shakespeare
While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became my enemy, he shot it… — Henry David Thoreau

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