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Enemy Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- 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…
- Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead.
- Contempt; the feeling of a prudent man for an enemy who is too formidable safely to be opposed.
- General," said the commander of the delinquent brigade, "I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision…
- DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to reconciliation of two enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if awkwardly performed . . .…
- SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness.
- TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of…
- Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
- For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.
- CALLOUS, adj. Gifted with great fortitude to bear the evils afflicting another. When Zeno was told that one of his enemies was no more he…
- When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.
- OVATION, n. n ancient Rome, a definite, formal pageant in honor of one who had been disserviceable to the enemies of the nation. A lesser…
- Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect — don't have anything to do with them. Do…
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- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- The good four. Honest with ourselves and with whatever is friend to us; courageous toward the enemy; generous toward the vanquished; polite-always… — Friedrich Nietzsche
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- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Perhaps Communists had wormed their way so deeply into our government on both the working and planning levels that they were able… — Mark W. Clark
- If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice… — Carl von Clausewitz