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    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.

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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.

by Elbert Hubbard Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.

One very important ingredient of success is a good, wide-awake, persistent, tireless enemy.

by Frank B. Shutts Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Man is his own worst enemy.

Man is his own worst enemy.

by Cicero 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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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.

by Anne Sophie Swetchine 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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A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies.

A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies.

by Don Piatt Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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Let my enemies devour each other.

Let my enemies devour each other.

by Salvador Dali Found in: Enemy Quotes,
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