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Enemy Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom…
- Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has…
- Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so…
- If you are under obligations to many, it is prudent to postpone the recompensing of one, until it be in your power to remunerate all;…
- I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.
- An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
- Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of…
- Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she…
- The sun should not set upon our anger, neither should he rise upon our confidence. We should forgive freely, but forget rarely. I will not…
- If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.
- 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.
- 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…
- A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted, not on himself,…
- To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their…
- The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
- It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
- Time, the cradle of hope.... Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his friend will have…
More Enemy Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. — Dean Acheson
- Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so… — Dan Aykroyd
- In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
- We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling… — Douglas Bader
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
- It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. — James A. Baldwin
- The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the enemy if… — Stanley Baldwin
- Biography should be written by an acute enemy. — Arthur Balfour
- Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always… — Hosea Ballou