"My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me."
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"Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend."
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"Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states."
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"Certainty is the enemy of change."
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"The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five."
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"Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing."
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"I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility."
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"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."
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"What protectionism teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war."
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"Always work with the present moment, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life."
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"Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife."
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"Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?"
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"You get your freedom by letting your enemy know that you'll do anything to get it. Then you'll get it. It's the only way you'll get it."
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"Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one into the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends."
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"When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue."
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"The best revenge is not to be like your enemy."
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"A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies."
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"Being goal directed is not enough to conquer your enemy. To achieve your goal you need to know and be able to utilize all the resources available to you. This includes the knowledge of all those available to you as well as using the physical resources and those who control them."
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"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
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"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.Courageous, untroubled, mocking and violent-that is what Wisdom wants us to be. Wisdom is a woman, and loves only a warrior."
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