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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
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.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
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.
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.
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.
Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to read more
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.
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.