Enemy Quotes - Page 32

• Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

  Sun Tzu

  Fighting, Army, Excellence

  Tzu Sun (1994). “The Art of War”, p.135, Basic Books

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• Wit is the most dangerous talent you can possess. It must be guarded with great discretion and good-nature, otherwise it will create you many enemies.

  John Gregory

  Talent, Dangerous, Wit

  Mrs. Chapone (Hester), John Gregory, Lady Sarah Pennington (1827). “Letters on the improvement of the mind: addressed to a lady, by Mrs. Chapone. A father's legacy to his daughters, by Dr. Gregory. A mother's advice to her absent daughters, with an additional letter, on the management and education of infant children, by Lady Pennington”, p.166

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• A Canadian settler hates a tree, regards it as his natural enemy, as something to be destroyed, eradicated, annihilated by all and any means.

  Anna Brownell Jameson

  Hate, Mean, Tree

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• ...knowing the secret of happiness to be freedom, and the secret of freedom a brave heart, not idly to stand aside from the enemy's onset.

  Thucydides

  Heart, Knowing, Brave

  Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I considered the British as our natural enemies, and as the only nation on earth who wished us ill from the bottom of their souls. And I am satisfied that were our continent to be swallowed up by the ocean, Great Britain would be in a bonfire from one end to the other.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Ocean, Soul, Earth

  Thomas Jefferson, H. A. Washington (2011). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private”, p.323, Cambridge University Press

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• A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

  Harper Lee

  Men, Wiser, Knows

  "Go Set A Watchman, Atticus Finch & Killing Your Idols" by Genna Rivieccio, theopiatemagazine.com. August 10, 2015.

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• We are women.   We believe in love and goodness and the kindness of others above all things.  We are hard-wired to blame ourselves for things that other people do, even the bad, evil ones.  That's why we're so good at compassion.  It's also why we're our own worst enemies sometimes.

  Elle Casey

  Kindness, Believe, Compassion

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• How does it make sense to remove an option, to tell your enemy before you go into a conflict, that you will not exercise whatever options are necessary in order to achieve victory?

  John McCain

  Exercise, Order, Victory

  "Cohen: U.S. casualties likely in NATO campaign". www.cnn.com. April 15, 1999.

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• We need less travelling by jet plaes from congress to congress... but more kneeling and praying and pleading to God to have mercy on us, more crying to God to arise and scatter his enemies and make himself known.

  Martyn Lloyd-Jones

  Needs, Kneeling, Praying

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• The deadliest blow the enemy of the human soul can strike is to do fury honor. . . . Official acceptance is the one unmistakable symptom that salvation is beaten again, and is the one surest sign of fatal misunderstanding, and is the kiss of Judas.

  James Agee

  Acceptance, Kissing, Blow

  James Agee, Walker Evans (2001). “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families”, p.12, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Freedom and equality are naturan born enemies.

  Will Durant

  Born, Freedom And Equality

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• I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter of politicians picking targets and ruling out offensive measures in the absurd hope that the enemy would respond to our restraint by yielding to our demands.

  John McCain

  Memories, Target, Vietnam

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• The (campaign) ads all have the same tone - the voice is hushed and amazed when talking about The Enemy, as if you should worry how this amoral, power-mad, extremist puppy-strangler clawed his way out of hell and landed in your district. And the voice is happy and relieved when talking about The Most Noble Candidate, as though he's Santa, Will Rogers and Lincoln all rolled into one.

  James Lileks

  Talking, Voice, Mad

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• Hiding out with the enemy brings only temporary relief.

  Max Lucado

  Relief, Hiding, Temporary

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• Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and infantilizes you and prevents you from knowing the world.

  Paul Theroux

  Knowing, Luxury, Feelings

  Paul Theroux (2012). “The Lower River”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I was an addict. That's why, ... I tell you, addiction is a very cunning enemy.

  John McCain

  Addiction, Cunning, Addict

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• The abuse of prisoners hurts America's cause in the war on terror, endangers US service members who might be captured by the enemy, and is anathema to the values Americans have held dear for generations.

  John McCain

  Hurt, War, America

  "Above the rule of law" by Sidney Blumenthal, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 2005.

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• With hope or without hope we will follow the trail of our enemies. And woe to them, if we prove the swifter!

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Woe, Trails, Without Hope

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.293, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Man created language to be understood. It should be normal to understand what people convey to us. Fear, ulterior motives, and closed mindedness are the enemies of understanding.

  John Fairclough

  Men, People, Understanding

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• Don't waste time blaming yourself when you can spend time planning how to destroy our enemies.

  Sarah Rees Brennan

  Waste, Wasting Time, Planning

  Sarah Rees Brennan (2014). “Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy Book 3)”, p.120, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• God takes what the enemy meant for your bad and turns it for your good! It wasn't a set back but a set up! Wait and see what God is getting ready to do for you!

  Paula White

  Waiting, Turns, Ready

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• God, help me to see others not as enemies or as ungodly but rather as thirsty people. And give me the courage and compassion to offer your Living Water, which alone quenches deep thirst.

  Henri Nouwen

  Compassion, Giving, Water

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• The Jewish Talmud says that the righteous peoples have an equal place in paradise. The Christians and Muslims agree in rejecting that; they claim that they are the fortunate recipients of God's final message and those who accepted will go to heaven and those who rejected go to hell. So there is a long struggle between the Dar al-Islam and the Dar al-Harb, which in effect was Christendom. This was the perceived enemy. And this has inevitably colored the perception of everything else.

  Bernard Lewis

  Christian, Struggle, Long

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• Behind every liberal philanthropist fortune is a huge capitalist score. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can afford now to be liberal - an expensive indulgence - because in their early incarnations they were no-holds-barred capitalists who made lots of enemies conducting business without mercy and in search of pure profit.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Bills, Warren Buffet, Mercy

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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.

  Anthony the Great

  Humility, Voice, World

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