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Enemy Quotes by Oscar Wilde
- 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,…
- As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.
- The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me
- Common sense is the enemy of Romance :P:P
- A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
- Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
- It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
- I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too…
- He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.
- An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
- Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity.
- Love does not traffic in a marketplace, nor use a huckster's scales. Its joy, like the joy of the intellect, is to feel itself alive.…
- In marriage, as in war, it is permitted to take every advantage of the enemy.
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