Foe Quotes

351 quotes by 263 authors

All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters and to the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach. — Frank Herbert
Young people . . , God wants us to be victorious. He wants you to triumph over all of your foes. Stalwart and brave we… — Marvin J. Ashton
Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe. — Henry Norris Russell
A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad When he put on his clothes. — Oliver Goldsmith
When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.… — Joseph Rodman Drake
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. — Gautama Buddha
In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil… — Gautama Buddha
Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse. — Gautama Buddha
The foes now are universal - poverty, famine, religious radicalization, desertification, drugs, proliferation of nuclear weapons, ecological devastation. They threaten all nations, just as science… — Shimon Peres
Nothing excites compassion, in friend and foe alike, as much as the sight of you ker-splonked on the Tarmac with your propeller buried six feet… — Boris Johnson
The anarchist, as the born foe of authority, will be destroyed by it after damaging it more or less. The anarch, on the other hand,… — Ernst Junger
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw. — John McCrae
Christianity is our foe. If animal rights is to succeed, we must destroy the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. — Peter Singer
Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or there will be no manifestation of Christ to His people.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
To set the cause above renown, To love the game beyond the prize, To honor, while you strike him down, The foe that comes with… — Henry Newbolt
He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was… — Unknown Author
I felt like anything rather than rejoicing at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much… — Ulysses S. Grant
The peril of this Nation is not in any foreign foe! We, the people, are its power, its peril, and its hope. — Charles Evans Hughes
The Truth about Leo Strauss is the most balanced and insightful book yet written about Strauss's thought, students, and political influence. It dispels myths promulgated… — William Galston

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