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A weak Invention of the Enemy.
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.
Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make read more
The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt read more
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.