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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truce.
Let my enemies devour each other.
Let my enemies devour each other.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
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.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your read more
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
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.
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 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.
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.