"Our friends show us what we can do;……" — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Our friends show us what we can do; our enemies teach us what we must do."
More Enemies Quotes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the… — Aristophanes
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over… — Aristotle
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have… — Francis of Assisi
- No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their… — Dean Acheson
- Cheney is a terrorist. He terrorizes our enemies abroad and innocent citizens here at home indiscriminately. — Alec Baldwin
- Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! — HonorÈ De Balzac
- If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the… — HonorÈ De Balzac
- The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies… — Edward Abbey
- When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. — Joseph Addison
- An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. — Konrad Adenauer
- A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear… — Ambrose Bierce
- I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them. — Buffalo Bill