"Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food."
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"He who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere."
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"You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too."
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"Agape is disinterested love. . . . Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. . . . Therefore, agape makes no distinction between friend and enemy; it is directed toward both."
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"But what if I should discover that the least amongst them all, the poorest of all beggars, the most impudent of all offenders, yea the very fiend himself— that these are within me, and that I myself stand in need of the alms of my own kindness, that I myself am the enemy who must be loved— what then?"
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"First learn to become invincible, then wait for your enemy's moment of vulnerability."
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"Victory Consistently, train all year to be the enemy's misery!"
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"The person you call an enemy is an exaggerated aspect of your own shadow self."
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"Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies."
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"All the world will be your enemy, Prince of a Thousand enemies. And when they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you; digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed."
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"We are stronger than those who oppress us, who seek to silence us. We are stronger than the enemies of education. We are stronger than fear, hatred, violence and poverty."
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"Your worst enemy is your best teacher."
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"Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend."
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"There is an Italian proverb which saith, From my enemy let me defend myself; but from a pretensed friend Lord deliver me"
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"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies."
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"When you begin to see that your enemy is suffering, that is the beginning of insight."
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"I keep my enemies close/ I give 'em enough rope/ They put themselves in the air/ I just kick away the chair."
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"Man has not a greater enemy than himself."
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"Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth."
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"The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore."
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