Enemy Quotes

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Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache: do be my enemy for friendship's sake. — William Blake
Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field. — John Stuart Mill
He is many things - dangerous and devious, cunning and deadly, a good friend and an implacable enemy - but he comes from an age… — Michael Scott
He who is mistaken in an action which he sincerely believes to be right may be an enemy, but retains our esteem. — Jules Verne
Utopia was here at last: its novelty had not yet been assailed by the supreme enemy of a ll Utopias - boredom. — Arthur C. Clarke
Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship. — Norman Maclean
After all, if you make your enemy look like a fool, you lose the justification for engaging him. — John le Carre
He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker. — Confucius
She put her hand on her chest. “I have magic yet. If you will set the clock working again, then I must be still. I… — Catherynne M. Valente
And you know, I agree to everything: I will condemn, I will forget, I will give comfort to the enemy, Darkness will be light and… — Anna Akhmatova
You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend. — Richelle Mead
If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third. — Robert Jordan
As long as we only have to lie to the enemy, it's honest enough for me. -Captain Tagon — Howard Tayler
Adam gave me a scandalized look. "Fraternizing with the enemy!" he cried. "For shame, wench! — Meg Cabot
In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won liberty and freedom;… — Julia Child
Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. — Ismail KadarÃ©
The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And if… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are… — Howard Zinn
The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such… — Howard Zinn
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!" - Cassio (Act II, Scene iii) — William Shakespeare
Hospitality means primarily the creation of free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy. Hospitality is not to… — Henri Nouwen
It was sort of the pattern to my life - I'd never been strong enough to deal with the things outside my control, to attack… — Stephenie Meyer
It is desirable that a man live in all respects so simply and preparedly that if an enemy take the town... he can walk out… — Henry David Thoreau
It doesn't matter how good the enemy's weapons are. If he can't see you, he can't hit you. Cover, cover, cover. Make sure you're never… — Steig Larsson
You all know," said the Guide, "that security is mortals' greatest enemy. — C.S. Lewis

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