"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere."
Read quote
20 likes
Enemy quotes
Enemy
3.3K quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Enemy
Browse quotes that often appear alongside enemy — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Enemy quotes (page 11 of 166)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"The job of the organizer is to maneuver and bait the establishment so that it will publicly attack him as a “dangerous enemy."
Read quote
20 likes
"Thus the expert in battle moves the enemy, and is not moved by him."
Read quote
20 likes
"Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him"
Read quote
20 likes
"A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy."
Read quote
20 likes
"Time isn't the enemy. Fear of change is. Accept that nothing lasts forever and you'll start to appreciate the advantages of whatever age you are now."
Read quote
20 likes
"Truth becomes untruth if uttered by your enemy"
Read quote
20 likes
"Those are my enemies: they want to overthrow and to construct nothing themselves. They say: "All that is worthless"--and want to create no value themselves."
Read quote
20 likes
"I shook Obama's hand and I said, 'I want to be your friend.' My hand is still outstretched. I am not Obama's enemy, but it's difficult not see imperialism in Washington. Those who don't see it don't want to see it, like the ostrich."
Read quote
20 likes
"Scratch a lover, and find a foe."
Read quote
19 likes
"There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer."
Read quote
19 likes
"I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition."
Read quote
19 likes
"Man is his own worst enemy."
Read quote
19 likes
"Gotham City. Clean shafts of concrete and snowy rooftops. The work of men who died generations ago. From here, it looks like an achievement. From here, you can't see the enemy."
Read quote
19 likes
"The unseen enemy is always the most fearsome."
Read quote
19 likes
"When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies."
Read quote
19 likes
"There is no little enemy"
Read quote
18 likes
"Even paranoids have real enemies."
Read quote
18 likes
"An injudicious and malignant enemy often serves the cause he means to injure; but a feeble friend never attains that end."
Read quote
18 likes
"We’re taught at such an early age to be against the communists, yet most of us don’t have the faintest idea what communism is. Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is."
Read quote
18 likes