Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place."
Adversaries quotes
Adversaries
13 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"You negotiate in bad faith if you do not forgive your adversary."
Ayn Rand
Philosopher, Novelist
"It's so graceless, being a martyr. It's honoring your adversaries too much."
Edmund Burke
Philosopher, Politician
"The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle."
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