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Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.
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.
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 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.
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.
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.
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.
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.