"Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty."
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"The sofa is the enemy of productivity."
"Bad terminology is the enemy of good thinking."
"The adjective is the enemy of the noun. Variant: The adjective is the enemy of the substantive."
"The green tempts me to make the rich the enemy, and take their cheese."
"If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss."
"Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected."
"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."
"To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally is no longer an enemy."
"If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagement; I attack that which he is obliged to rescue."
"Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose."
"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."
"Attack the enemy's strategy."
"Never allow your enemies to educate your children."
"I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people."
"Fear is the great enemy of intimacy. Fear makes us run away from each other or cling to each other but does not create true intimacy."
"When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on."
"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies."
"One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good."
"By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth."