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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
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.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
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.
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.
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.
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.