"Worry is the enemy of love. You cannot be in love and be worried at the same time."
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"If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third."
"Death is the ultimate enemy - and I find nothing reproachable in those who rage mightily against the dying of the light."
"Fierce language and pretentious advances are signs that the enemy is about to retreat."
"Keep their friends close and their enemies closer."
"Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy."
"If an enemy has alliances, the problem is grave and the enemy's position strong; if he has no alliances, the problem is minor and the enemy's position weak."
"Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death."
"With regard to narrow passes, if you can occupy them first, let them be strongly garrisoned and await the advent of the enemy."
"If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them."
"Fear, the worst of all enemies can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage"
"Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage."
"It's always interesting to step into the enemy's shoes, and figure out what they're like."
"[Negro] should realize that he is living in a war zone, and he is at war with an enemy that is as vicious and criminal and inhuman as any war-making country has ever been."
"Anytime you have to rely upon your enemy for a job you're in bad shape."
"Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity."
"The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me"
"If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum."
"Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring."
"Our enemies come nearer the truth in the opinions they form of us than we do in our opinion of ourselves."