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Enemies

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

—Napoleon Bonaparte
quoted in Representative Men, 1850

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

—Jean de la Fontaine, 1668

Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.

—R. A. Dickson

Love your enemies. It makes them so damned mad.

—P. D. East

The enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed, no matter which side he’s on.

—Joseph Heller
Catch 22, 1955

You needn’t love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

—Edgar Watson Howe

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

—Elbert Hubbard
Contemplations, 1902

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

—John F. Kennedy

There is nobody who is not dangerous for someone.

—Marquise de Sévigné

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

—Frank B. Shutts

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.

—Voltaire, 1767
Letter to M. Damilaville

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

—Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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