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

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

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The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.

The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.

by Josh Billings Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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There is no little enemy.

There is no little enemy.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have read more

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

by Francis Of Assisi Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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We have met the enemy and he is us.

We have met the enemy and he is us.

by Walt Kelly Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted read more

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

by Anne Sophie Swetchine Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... read more

To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... in yourself.

by Ivan Turgenev Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down read more

Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.

by Sydney Harris Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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