Enemy Quotes

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He that stands still and suffers his enemies to double blows upon him without resistance, will undoubtedly be conquered in the issue. — John Owen
It being our duty to mortify... we must be at work. He that is appointed to kill an enemy, if he leave striking before the… — John Owen
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to… — Baron de Montesquieu
The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we… — Alphonsus Liguori
Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend. — Josh Billings
Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about… — Abraham Lincoln
Enemies' promises were made to be broken. — Aesop
Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has; it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but more frequently than not struggles against the… — Martin Luther
Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East.... The biblical prophecies are being fulfilled.... This confrontation is willed by God, who wants to… — George W. Bush
The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or… — Christopher Hitchens
Superstition is, always has been, and forever will be, the foe of progress, the enemy of education and the assassin of freedom. — Robert Green Ingersoll
Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty. — David Hume
If you believe in a security strategy - a strategy of more friends and fewer enemies, a strategy of greater cooperation and a strategy of… — William J. Clinton
It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance. — Dalai Lama
To love our enemy is impossible. The moment we understand our enemy, we feel compassion towards him/her, and he/she is no longer our enemy. — Nhat Hanh
Compassion makes no distinction between friends and enemies, neighbors and outsiders, compatriots and foreigners. Compassion is the gate to human community. — Joan D. Chittister
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy. — Sun Tzu
All warfare is based on deception. There is no place where espionage is not used. Offer the enemy bait to lure him. — Sun Tzu
Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you now Heaven and you… — Sun Tzu
If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The… — Sun Tzu

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