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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
However bad a man, he will have some friends: however good, he will have some enemies.
It is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to George Washington Parke Custis, Nov. 28, 1796
Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Until then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting your judgment.
The only good enemy is a dead enemy.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON, The Killing Dance
The worst enemy is one whose doctrines are founded in hate and are thus beyond debate.
TOBSHA LEARNER, The Witch of Cologne
Love your enemies.
Our worst enemies are those we least suspect--ourselves.
- Fear not, too much, an open enemy;
- He is consistent--always at his post;
- But watchful be of him who holds the key
- Of your own heart, and flatters you the most.
ANDREW DOWNING, "Your Enemy"
If thou wilt think evil of thy neighbour, soon shalt thou have him for thy foe.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, Proverbial Philosophy
He makes no friends who never made a foe.
ALFRED TENNYSON, Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Memoir
When an intimate friend turns from us, we often find him the most inveterate enemy.
WILLIAM SCOTT DOWNEY, Proverbs
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