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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.
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.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
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.
Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down read more
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.
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.
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.
Let my enemies devour each other.
Let my enemies devour each other.