"By nature's law, man is at peace with man till some aggression is committed, which, by the same law, authorizes one to destroy another as his enemy."
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"A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others."
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"But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible."
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"Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure."
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"The enemy is the tyranny of the dull mind."
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"Cant you understand that romanticism is no more an enemy of science than mysticism is? In fact, romanticism and science are good for each other. The scientist keeps the romantic honest and the romantic keeps the scientist human."
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"As many servants so many enemies."
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"Consider an enemy may become a friend."
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"The search for the right answer is the enemy of art."
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"Competence is the enemy of change!"
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"Breath and brevity are sisters; the long-winded is an enemy who muffles your heartbeat."
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"Pain isn't always the enemy."
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"The only 'natural enemies' are those who take one's very nature as an offence."
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"Enemies gifts are no gifts and do no good."
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"An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift."
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"Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows."
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"For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon."
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"It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you."
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"Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon."
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"Antiliberals endlessly berate their enemies for instrumental thinking. But they do not clearly explain the evil of producing better goods at a lower cost."
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