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Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
STEPHEN KING, The Last Gunslinger
The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to John Banister, Apr. 21, 1778
We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Every man is his greatest enemy, and, as it were, his own executioner.
SIR THOMAS BROWNE, Religio Medici
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
MARIO PUZO, The Godfather
Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Men and women are natural enemies, like cat and dog--only more so. They are forced to live together for a time, or this wonderful race couldn't go on.
- He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
- And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
ALI IBN-ABI-TALIB, A Hundred Sayings
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point.
SALMAN RUSHDIE, The Satanic Verses
It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to George Washington Parke Custis, Nov. 28, 1796
Love your enemies.
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