"The enemy is a very good teacher."
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"Have a great day. Note: does not apply to my enemies."
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"No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy."
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"The teachings of Christianity - from vicarious redemption to the love of enemies, no thought for the morrow need be taken, that no thrift or care or family or society or solidarity is necessary - these are immoral teachings that have done and continue to inflict untold moral and physical harm on our species. And until we outgrow this nonsense, we have no chance of emancipating ourselves."
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"Poverty breeds despair. We know this. Despair breeds violence. We know this. In turbulent times, isn't it cheaper, and smarter, to make friends out of potential enemies than to defend yourself against them later?"
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"The greatest enemies of success and happiness are negative emotions of all kinds."
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"Generalized intelligence and mental alertness are the most powerful enemies of dictatorship and at the same time the basic conditions of effective democracy."
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"Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy. Take advantage of compound interest and don't be captivated by the siren song of the market."
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"Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult."
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"Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?"
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"If the enemy leaves a door open, you must rush in."
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"Know thy self, know thy enemy."
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"The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties is knowledge of the enemy; and this knowledge can only be derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated with the utmost liberality."
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"It is sufficient to estimate the enemy situation correctly and to concentrate your strength to capture him. There is no more to it than this. He who lacks foresight and underestimates his enemy will surely be captured by him."
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"If you make exercise your hobby instead of your enemy it becomes your friend; it's the one thing that will never let you down. It will always be there for you and it will always make you better than you were before. Remember: every time you go to the gym, every time you put the right supplement in your mouth, you're better than you were ten minutes ago. [...] The irony is most people know what to do, they just don't do what they know."
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"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."
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"Anytime you tell a man to turn the other cheek or to be nonviolent in the face of a violent enemy, you're making that man defenseless. You're robbing him of his God-given right to defend himself."
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"Your enemy can be your greatest teacher."
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"Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies."
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"The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself."
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