"If you have an enemy, do not requite……" — Friedrich Nietzsche
"If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good."
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1,640 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche
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If there were gods, how could I endure not to be a god? Therefore there are no gods.
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Truth will have no gods before it.- The belief in truth begins with the doubt of all truths in which…
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Hold a true friend with both your hands.
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Morality is the best of all devices for leading mankind by the nose.
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The last Christian died on a cross.
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The man of the future who will redeem us not only from the hitherto reigning ideal but also from that…
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The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.
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Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.
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Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard's rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment - a little makes the…
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The great end of art is to strike the imagination with the power of a soul that refuses to admit…
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How poisonous, how crafty, how bad, does every long war make one, which cannot be waged openly by means of…
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A Dionysian life task needs the hardness of the hammer and one of its first essentials is without doubt the…
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Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the…
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over…
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have…
— Francis of Assisi
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No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their…
— Dean Acheson
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Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a…
— Dan Aykroyd
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
— Francis Bacon
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We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to…
— Douglas Bader
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Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately.
— Alec Baldwin
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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.
— James A. Baldwin
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The only defense is offense, which means that you have to kill more women and children more quickly than the…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
— Arthur Balfour
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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue,…
— Hosea Ballou
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