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Aesop (top)
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
- Aesop


William Blake (top)
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
- William Blake


Napoleon Bonaparte (top)
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
- Napoleon Bonaparte


Eddie Cantor (top)
He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him.
- Eddie Cantor


Bette Davis (top)
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


Carl G. Jung (top)
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.
- Carl G. Jung


Baltasar Gracian (top)
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
- Baltasar Gracian


Joseph Heller (top)
The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.
- Joseph Heller


Eric Hoffer (top)
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
- Eric Hoffer


Elbert Hubbard (top)
Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
- Elbert Hubbard


John F. Kennedy (top)
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
- John F. Kennedy


André Maurois (top)
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
- André Maurois


Spike Milligan (top)
Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.
- Spike Milligan


Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (top)
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche


Ovid (top)
We can learn even from our enemies.
- Ovid


Jewish Proverb (top)
Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.
- Jewish Proverb


Persian Proverb (top)
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.
- Persian Proverb


Saadi (top)
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
- Saadi


Publilius Syrus (top)
Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.
- Publilius Syrus


Mark Twain (top)
The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
- Mark Twain


Voltaire (top)
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
- Voltaire


Oscar Wilde (top)
As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him.
- Oscar Wilde
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
- Oscar Wilde
Always forgive your enemies - Nothing annoys them so much.
- Oscar Wilde


Woodrow Wilson (top)
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
- Woodrow Wilson