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.

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.

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.

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

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

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.

If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.

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.

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.

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.