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Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as th...

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My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy.

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George R. R. MartinA Dance with Dragons

Give me honorable enemies rather than ambitious ones, and I'll sleep more easily by night.

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of...

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War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is ...

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Yes, but I say that Nature is our enemy, that we must always fight against Nature, for she is contin...

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Guy de MaupassantThe Collected Novels and Stories of Guy de Maupassant

What I'd like to read is a scientific review, by a scientific psychologist--if any exists--of 'A Sci...

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The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority.

None but yourself who are your greatest foe.

Politics is the enemy of the imagination.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

I'm always ready for the enemy to come over the hill. I'm packed and set to go. That comes from my t...

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That's the first rule of survival in enemy waters: volunteer nothing.

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

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We cannot expect that all nations will adopt like systems, for conformity is the jailer of freedom a...

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The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events.

A dead man is the worst enemy alive, I thought. You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter ...

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Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like w...

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Humiliate your enemy is dangerous.

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Karen ArmstrongTwelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoug...

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And this was your friend?" Cordelia raised her eyebrows. "Seems to me the only difference between yo...

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A traitor is a betrayer - one who practices injury, while professing friendship. Benedict Arnold was...

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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.

People forget how dominant Public Enemy became in the mid '80s. No one talks about how transformativ...

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That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even an...

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It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart: the one to slander ...

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Every educated person is a future enemy.

Reason is the enemy of faith.

I think that most people would rather face the light of a real enemy than the darkness of their imag...

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Max BrooksWorld War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I ...

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Trusting no man as his friend, he could not recognize his enemy when the latter actually appeared.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execu...

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Slowly we became silent, and silence itself if an enemy to friendship.

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Norman MacleanA River Runs Through It and Other Stories

I asked him about his enemies. He began to count them. The list went on and on...." - Conversations ...

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in th...

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in th...

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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in th...

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When it comes down to it, though, the real decision is inevitable: If one of us has to be destroyed,...

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The enemy of society is middle class and the enemy of life is middle age.

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronge...

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Paulo CoelhoWarrior of the Light

Do not be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is strong...

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Paulo CoelhoWarrior of the Light

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare And he who has one enemy will meet him ever...

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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

There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all t...

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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

Well, there is a piece of famous advice, grand advice even if it is German, to forget what you can't...

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

In a war the most dangerous thing is to understand the enemy. To understand is to forgive.

He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy.

Shall not ILearn place and wisdom? Have I not learned this,Only so much to hate my enemy,As though h...

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If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open...

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Balk the enemy's power force him to reveal himself.

Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the...

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Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage.

We had no more courage than Harriet Tubman or Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more v...

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Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and ...

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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own re...

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Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.

The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.

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

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I don't ask for your pity, but just for your understanding – not even that – no. Just for some recog...

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Oh, that's just Thud! That's easy!" yapped a voice.Both men turned to look at Horsefry, who had been...

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Sometimes, I am my own worst enemy.

The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind.

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Tom RobbinsEven Cowgirls Get the Blues

If someone offers you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it. I know that wi...

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Who asks whether the enemy was defeated by strategy or valor?

My prayer to God is a very short one "Oh Lord make my enemies ridiculous!" God has granted it.

Better is the enemy of good.

Time is the friend of the wonderful company, the enemy of the mediocre.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves an...

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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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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

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

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weaknes...

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The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy...

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Our modern states are preparing for war without even knowing the future enemy.

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those w...

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I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy shou...

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Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves.

Religion can be the enemy of God. It's often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the buildin...

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In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

Emotion can be the enemy, if you give into your emotion, you lose yourself. You must be at one with ...

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It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it is not fought on U.S. soil.

I am the cause of all my upsets. I am my worst enemy.

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