60 Enemies Quotes
Short enemies quotes
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln quote #111 The cardinal doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God.
Andrew Dickson WhiteAndrew Dickson White quote #2 One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) WhiteE. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White quote #21 To get rid of an enemy one must love him.
Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy quote #132 Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
OvidOvid quote #50 The man that makes a character makes foes.
Edward YoungEdward Young quote #7 :one enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift quote #14 Hay que tener cuidado al elegir a los enemigos porque uno termina pareciendose a ellos.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges quote #125
More enemies quotes
I'm sure that Nero didn't set fire to Rome. It was the Christian-Bolsheviks who did that, just as the Commune set fire to Paris in 1871 and the Communists set fire to the Reichstag in 1932.
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler quote #115 It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls.
AristophanesAristophanes quote #2 You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
Gustave FlaubertGustave Flaubert quote #6 Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.
Horatio NelsonHoratio Nelson quote #1 Any time something is written against me, I not only share the sentiment but feel I could do the job far better myself. Perhaps I should advise would-be enemies to send me their grievances beforehand, with full assurance that they will receive my every aid and support. I have even secretly longed to write, under a pen name, a merciless tirade against myself.
Jorge Luis BorgesJorge Luis Borges quote #120 Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.
Leon TrotskyLeon Trotsky quote #25 When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.
William BlakeWilliam Blake quote #156 We are commanded to have only one enemy, the devil. With him never be reconciled! But with a brother, never be at enmity in thy heart.
John ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom quote #21 'The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.'
Joseph HellerJoseph Heller quote #7 Money can't buy you friends, but you do get a better class of enemy.
Spike MilliganSpike Milligan quote #21 Seems to me the only difference between your friends and your enemies is how long they stand around chatting before they shoot you.
Lois McMaster BujoldLois McMaster Bujold quote #108 Translation: We can learn even from our enemies.
OvidOvid quote #24 Only a complete moral idiot can believe for an instant that we are fighting against the wretched of the earth. We are fighting, as I said before, against the scum of the earth
Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens quote #52 Do not rejoice in his defeat, you men. For though the world has stood up and stopped the bastard, the bitch that bore him is in heat again.
Bertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht quote #7 Fas est et ab hoste doceri.
OvidOvid quote #23 The real enemy is not outside, but inside. ... External enemies are not permanent; if you respect him, the enemy will become your friend. But there is one enemy who is always an enemy, whom you should never compromise, that is the enemy inside your heart. You cannot change all these bad thoughts into your friend, but you have to confront and control them.
Tenzin GyatsoTenzin Gyatso quote #76 It is most appropriately hung, nothing ever made the British shit like the sight of George Washington.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington quote #149 Nos plus cruels ennemis sont nos proches... Les rois n'ont ni freres, ni fils, ni mere.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac quote #114 Prayer for our enemies is the very highest summit of self-control.
John ChrysostomJohn Chrysostom quote #23 Jesus Pietro was worried. The Sons of Earth, if they got this far, would go straight to the vivarium to free their compatriots. But if Matthew Keller was his own agent... If the ghost of Alpha Plateau was not a rebel, but a thing with its own unpredictable purpose... Jesus Pietro worried.
Larry NivenLarry Niven quote #18 Love your enemy, it'll scare the hell out of him.
Mark TwainMark Twain quote #179 Here's my throat. I carry no weapon. You could have killed me at any time, even when I knew you were my enemy. Why did you need to deceive me into trusting you first? Were you afraid that death wouldn't bother me enough, unless I felt betrayed?
Orson Scott CardOrson Scott Card quote #324 Io i miei nemici li strangolo lentamente col guanto di velluto.
Pietro BadoglioPietro Badoglio quote #15 Amin didn't treat his enemies as ideological adversaries-only as a physical threat.
Ryszard KapuscinskiRyszard Kapuscinski quote #1 J'ai toujours fait une priere a Dieu, qui est fort courte. La voici: Mon Dieu, rendez nos ennemis bien ridicules! Dieu m'a exauce.
VoltaireVoltaire quote #40 Rien n'est si ordinaire que d'imiter ses ennemis, et d'employer leurs armes.
VoltaireVoltaire quote #74 I hate nobody except Hitler - and that is professional.
Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill quote #71 What will my enemies not say, that for the safety of her life a maiden queen could be content to spill the blood even of her own kinswoman?
Elizabeth I of EnglandElizabeth I of England quote #26 'Everyone deserves music, even our worst enemies...' - Everyone Deserves Music
Michael FrantiMichael Franti quote #12 Before I leave, make sure everybody HEARD/Know I meant, EVERY MOTHERF**KIN WORD When we ride on our enemies
Tupac ShakurTupac Shakur quote #220 Providence shows no mercy to weak nations, but recognizes the right of existence-only of sound and strong nations. : This Jewish bolshevist annihilation of nations and its western European and American procurers can be met only in one way: by using every ounce of strength with the extreme fanaticism and stubborn steadfastness that merciful God gives to men in hard times for the defense of their own lives. : We have suffered so much that it only steels us to fanatical resolve to hate Our enemies a thousand times more and to regard them for what they are destroyers of an eternal culture and annihilators of humanity. Out of this bate a holy will is born to oppose these destroyers of our existence with all the strength that God has given us and to crush them in the end. During its 2,000-year history our people has survived so many terrible times that we have no doubt that we will also master our present plight.
Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler quote #86 It occurred to me that if my friends were loathsome, perhaps I needed to learn from my enemies
Orson Scott CardOrson Scott Card quote #488 No memories, just a misery/Paintin a picture of my enemies killin me, in my sleep
Tupac ShakurTupac Shakur quote #86 All my homies trying weed, now the little baby's/crazed raised off Hennesey, tell me will my enemies
Tupac ShakurTupac Shakur quote #331 I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Franklin Delano RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt quote #59 It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.
Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama)Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama) quote #6 I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs to life under a sting even better than under a caress.
Andre GideAndre Gide quote #22 'Sir,' said Peter, 'I do not know whether you are my friend or my foe, but I should count it to my honour to have you for either. Has not one of the poets said that a noble friend is the best gift and a noble enemy the next best?' (ch. 14)
C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis quote #159 He is gone from among us, and is no more to be seen in the walks of men, but in his death like Sampson, he slew more of his enemies than in all his life. Even his most bitter enemies here, I believe, have buried all animosity, and join the general lamentation over his untimely end.
Davy CrockettDavy Crockett quote #30 One should forgive one's enemies, but not before they are hanged.
Heinrich HeineHeinrich Heine quote #17 May all my enemies go to hell, Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel.
Hilaire BellocHilaire Belloc quote #9 Beware the wrath of a patient adversary.
John C. CalhounJohn C. Calhoun quote #8 Triste cosa es no tener amigos, pero mas triste ha de ser no tener enemigos porque quien no tenga enemigos senal es de que no tiene talento que haga sombra, ni caracter que impresione, ni valor temido, ni honra de la que se murmure, ni bienes que se le codicien, ni cosa alguna que se le envidie.
Jose MartiJose Marti quote #93 Enemies are so stimulating.
Katharine HepburnKatharine Hepburn quote #7 For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.
Laurence SterneLaurence Sterne quote #5 Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte quote #63 Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde quote #227 Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind; it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate - and quickly.
Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein quote #152 Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.
Stephen KingStephen King quote #147 It was enemies one wanted, not friends.
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf quote #6 You can only make peace with your enemies.
Yitzhak RabinYitzhak Rabin quote #5 No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy.
Lucius Cornelius SullaLucius Cornelius Sulla quote #4