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    Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.

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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.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.

The man who ain't got an enemy is really poor.

by Josh Billings Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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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.

by Petrarch Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have read more

No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

by Francis Of Assisi Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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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.

by Gene Fowler Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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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.

by Ivan Turgenev Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.

I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.

by Nicholas Breton Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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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.

by Nelson Mandela Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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