 | "The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction."
- Aesop
, The Eagle and the Arrow. |
| "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. |
| "Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment."
- Andre Maurois
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| "Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."
- Antisthenes
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| "A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends."
- Baltasar Gracian
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| "I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business."
- Bette Davis
, The Lonely Life, 1962. |
| "The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed."
- Carl Jung
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| "He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him."
- Eddie Cantor
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| "Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."
- Elbert Hubbard
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| "You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
- Eric Hoffer
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