Foes Quotes

148 quotes by 125 authors

Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls… — Aristophanes
When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card. — Michele Bachmann
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. — Miguel de Cervantes
Expose foes wit my hocus pocus flows, they froze now suckas idolize my chosen blows — Tupac Shakur
The object in America is to avoid contact, to treat all as foes unless they're known to be friends. Here you have a million crabs… — Paul Fleischman
We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink. — David Lloyd George
Friendly counsel cuts off many foes. — William Shakespeare
Our valleys may be filled with foes and tears; but we can lift our eyes to the hills to see God and the angels, heaven's… — Billy Graham
The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few… — Bertrand Russell
Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our society… — John Polkinghorne
It is in the field of prayer that life's critical battles are lost or won. We must conquer all our circumstances there. We must first… — John Henry Jowett
Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire as it were,… — Peter Canisius
If ignorance and passion are the foes of popular morality, it must be confessed that moral indifference is the malady of the cultivated classes. — Henri Frederic Amiel
[T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes - rejecting… — Alexander Hamilton
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly… — George Washington
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will… — Akkineni Nagarjuna
There was never a finer character - charitable and friendly to his foes and ever willing to help a youngster breaking in. — Johnny Evers
When a man walks in the fear of God he knows no fear, even if he were to be surrounded by wicked men. He has… — Symeon the New Theologian
Violence never settles anything right: apart from injuring your own soul, it injures the best cause. It lingers on long after the object of hate… — Obafemi Awolowo
By the Declaration of Independence, dreaded by the foes an for a time doubtfully viewed by many of the friends of America, everything stood on… — Mercy Otis Warren

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