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Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt read more
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him
drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his
head.
