"To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy."
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"Do not press an enemy at bay."
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"The test of ahimsa is the absence of jealousy. The man whose heart never cherishes even the thought of injury to anyone, who rejoices at the prosperity of even his greatest enemy, that man is the bhakta, he is the yogi, he is the guru of all."
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"Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose."
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"Cupid "the little greatest enemy.""
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"When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him."
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"The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory."
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"In the dictionary of satyagraha, there is no enemy."
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"I will live to piss in the open mouths or the open graves of my enemies, whichever comes first."
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"Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse."
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"Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport."
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"Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by stratagem is as much to be praised as he who overcomes them by force."
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"The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force."
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"Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you."
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"Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time."
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"We are inconsolable at being deceived by our enemies and being betrayed by our friends, yet we are often content in be being treated like that by our own selves."
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"Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker."
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"We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them."
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"Words are weapons, and it is dangerous . . . to borrow them from the arsenal of the enemy."
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"Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy."
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