Quotes by enemy
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The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
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Demoralize the enemy from within by surprise, terror, sabotage, assassination. This is the war of the future.
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As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.
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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself.
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Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
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Reason is a whore, the greatest enemy that faith has.
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
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The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
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They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.
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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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We have meet the enemy; and he is us.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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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 know how to meet him.
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A friend is nothing but a known enemy.
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A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.
Source: De Peetvader p. 391
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