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I never wanted to be prominent enough to have enemies.

As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain sublime assurance of success, but a...

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Ralph Waldo EmersonJournals of Ralph Waldo Emerson

A peace deal requires agreements, and you don't make agreements with your friends, you make agreemen...

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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.

I sometimes think that 'friend' is just a word I use for all the people I haven't murdered yet.

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to...

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A man who lies about beer makes enemies

For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he ...

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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy, will be fresh for the fight; whoev...

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If we wish to fight, the enemy can be forced to an engagement even though he be sheltered behind a h...

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Therefore the clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to...

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Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate ...

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There are no such enemies So dire as good people, They will rob you, mournfully, And condemn you, we...

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An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

Loving, of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has besides no meaning. It is incumbent...

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To Polyakov it was as though a fierce wind from downstream was sweeping up the Volga. Several times ...

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You have enemies? Why, it is the story of every man who has done a great deed or created a new idea....

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Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to...

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We have met the enemy and he is us.

This new war, like the previous one, would be a test of the power of machines against people and pla...

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But I am a just man, even to my enemy—and I will acknowledge, beforehand, that they are cleverer bra...

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When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend

I am not, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, a good-natured man; that is, many things annoy me...

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He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.

one day my best friend said to me 'Jess, you rock a lot of polka dots' and that was the deal breaker...

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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemie...

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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then kn...

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Trust not yourself; but your defects to know,Make use of ev'ry friend—and ev'ry foe.

Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of...

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As a rule, however fine and deep a phrase may be, it only affects the indifferent, and cannot fully ...

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Anton ChekhovThe Essential Tales of Chekhov

In all nature there seemed to be a feeling of hopelessness and pain. The earth, like a ruined woman ...

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Anton ChekhovThe Essential Tales of Chekhov

The truth is forced upon us very quickly by a foe.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies.

Enemies can't break your spirit, only friends can.

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Arundhati RoyThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness

Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them.

...dangers, to Francisco, were merely opportunities for another brilliant performance; there were no...

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

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest and the great...

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You know, maybe we don't need enemies.""Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.

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Bill WattersonHomicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in...

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C. S. LewisGod in the Dock: Essays on Theology and Ethics

There are two things in life you cannot choose. The first is your enemies; the second your family. S...

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You have no enemies, you say? Alas, my friend, the boast is poor. He who has mingled in the fray of ...

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I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

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Charlotte BrontëThe Letters of Charlotte Brontë

As he grew older, which was mostly in my absence, my firstborn son, Alexander, became ever more humo...

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

After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy.

I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know ...

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I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing.

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Cormac McCarthyNo Country for Old Men

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon...

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There's ways you can trust an enemy you can't always trust a friend. An enemy's never going to betra...

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Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cr...

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Dietrich BonhoefferLife Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by lovin...

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Dietrich BonhoefferThe Cost of Discipleship

In the New Testament our enemies are those who harbour hostility against us, not those against whom ...

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I do not need any friends. I prefer enemies. They are better company and their feelings towards you ...

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Dylan ThomasThe Doctor and the Devils

Religions, to a large extent, became divisive rather than unifying forces. Instead of bringing about...

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Never explain―your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

True enemies aren't always the ones who hate each other.

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Elie WieselThe Night Trilogy: Night

If you have enemies, good that means you stood up for something.

Meg and Belch only had eyes for each other. Not in the usual romantic sense.

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

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

Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

To all my enemies, I will destroy it.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enem...

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The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.

The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their w...

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Our enemies leave our bodies for the crows and the wolves. Our friends bury us in secret graves.

You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies.

There had been no enemies, just one single adversary, herself; her future had been killed by her own...

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It’s sad when friends become enemies. But what’s even worse is when they become strangers.

Wrong. Enemies don't fight with such determined passion. That kind of focus is reserved for friends ...

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One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.

My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.

If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and su...

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There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, ...

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Never make enemies of anyone younger or healthier than you are. They write your history.

Though his death would not fill me with any sense of sadness, I would probably feel the loss. Even e...

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Her father had always said that a man could be fairly judged by the quality of his allies and that o...

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If the nature of her foes would speak to the credit of Bridget's death, then surely the nature of he...

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Jim ButcherThe Aeronaut's Windlass

This squirrel is inadequately afraid of humans! Squirrel, I am a threat to you! We are enemies! Plea...

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I always felt like you had to be important to have enemies - Q

Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field.

How many of us have conflicts with someone else- and how many of us pray for that person? We have in...

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John WoodenA Game Plan for Life: The Power of Mentoring

Try not to pay attention to those who will try to make life miserable for you. There will be a lot o...

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Over the lives borne from under the shadow of death there seems to fall the shadow of madness.

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Protect me from my friendsI can take care of my enemies

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as yo...

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Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.