Enemy Quotes
4792 quotes by 2505 authors
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He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear: And you all know, security Is mortals' chiefest enemy.
— William Shakespeare
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Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?
— Sylvia Plath
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Because there is something in the touch of flesh with flesh which abrogates, cuts sharp and straight across the devious intricate channels of decorous ordering,…
— William Faulkner
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If we are indeed contending for truth and righteousness, let us not tarry till we have talent, or wealth, or any other form of visible…
— Charles Spurgeon
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It is enough for me to hear someone talk sincerely about ideals, about the future, about philosophy, to hear him say “we" with a certain…
— Emile M. Cioran
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When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.
— Jodi Picoult
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common sense is the enemy of romance
— Eric Jerome Dickey
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Awareness is the enemy of sanity, for once you hear the screaming, it never stops.
— Emilie Autumn
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Ender understood more than she said. Manipulation of gravity was one thing; deception by the officers was another; but the most important message was this:…
— Orson Scott Card
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Die, enemies of Ra!" Sekhemet yelled. "Perish in agony!" "She's almost as annoying as you," I told Horus. "Impossible," Horus said. "No one bests Horus.
— Rick Riordan
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If I couldn't be Eddis, I would be Attolia. If they needed to see my uncle in me, then I would show him to them.…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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I was in the army, Terri. Special Ops, sent into the most godforsaken places you can imagine, where I did unspeakable things. We weren’t exactly…
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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I am the man you've needed all you life. I can give you whatever you wish before you even realize you are wishing for it.…
— Karen Marie Moning
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Who are you?" he asked. "I'm a shabti, of course!" The figurine rubbed his dented head. He still looked quite lumpish, only now he was…
— Rick Riordan
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He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and the enemy does…
— Lynn Kurland
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We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,†she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy…
— Richelle Mead
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Disarmed, I realized how easily you can lose all animosity toward someone you've deemed your enemy as soon as that person stops behaving as such.
— Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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The phrase "It's absolutely the same with me, I..." seems to be an approving echo, a way of continuing the other's thought, but that is…
— Milan Kundera
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Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition…
— Miley Cyrus
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The war between the sexes is the only one in which both sides regularly sleep with the enemy.
— Quentin Crisp
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