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    Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

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Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his read more

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.

by Gene Fowler Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.

One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.

by Frank B. Shutts Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.

I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.

by Nicholas Breton Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare read more

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

by Lord Halifax Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

by Salvador Dali Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

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