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Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but
the silence of our friends.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but
the silence of our friends.
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
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.
Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.