Motivational Quotes

Enemies

A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

- Gracian, Baltasar

Best Quotes about Enemies

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Morley, Christopher

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.

Friedrich Nietzsche

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

Syrus, Publilius

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults

Antisthenes

A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Gracian, Baltasar

10.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

Andre Maurois

11.

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

12.

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

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We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

Chambers, Oswald

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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

Bette Davis

15.

One enemy is too much.

Herbert, George

16.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

17.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Sally Kempton

18.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

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You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

Eric Hoffer

20.

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

Euripides

21.

Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.

Richards, Mary Caroline

22.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

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Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.

Sumner, Gordon

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A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

Dahlberg, Edward

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He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him.

Eddie Cantor

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

28.

A person is his own worst enemy.

29.

There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.

Moore, Frankfort

30.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Antisthenes

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No man should ever display his bravery unless he is prepared for battle, nor bear the marks of defiance, until he has experienced the abilities of his enemy.

Hitopadesa

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Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

33.

It is not necessary to have enemies if you go out of your way to make friends hate you.

Dane, Frank

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Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. [Matthew]

Bible

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He who lives by fighting with an enemy has an interest in the preservation of the enemy's life.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise,'twas one of my most intimate enemies.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

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Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

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I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

Harding, Warren Gamaliel

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I have had a lot of adversaries in my political life, but no enemies that I can remember.

Ford, Gerald R.

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If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

Horton, Doug

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We can learn even from our enemies.

Ovid

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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.