Plutarch Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

• If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.

  Plutarch

  Hate, Hatred, Mind

• Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

  Plutarch

  Courage, Challenges, Enemy

  Plutarch, John Dryden (1859). “Plutarch's Lives”, p.183

• Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.

  Plutarch

  Enemy, Quality, Excellent

• A soldier told Pelopidas, "We are fallen among the enemies." Said he, "How are we fallen among them more than they among us?"

  Plutarch

  Soldier, Enemy, Said

  "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations". Book by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.

• Alexander esteemed it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies.

  Plutarch

  Freedom, Enemy, Conquer

• It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is

  Plutarch

  Enemy, Important

• The saying of old Antigonus, who when he was to fight at Andros, and one told him, "The enemy's ships are more than ours," replied, "For how many then wilt thou reckon me?

  Plutarch

  Fighting, Enemy, Ships

  Plutarch (2015). “Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans: Top Biography”, p.385, 谷月社

• He who cheats with an oath acknowledges that he is afraid of his enemy, but that he thinks little of God.

  Plutarch

  Thinking, Enemy, Littles

  'Parallel Lives' 'Lysander' ch. 8.

• Valour, however unfortunate, commands great respect even from enemies: but the Romans despise cowardice, even though it be prosperous.

  Plutarch

  Enemy, Cowardice, Despise

  Plutarch (2012). “Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans: Complete”, p.371, Simon and Schuster

• King Agis said, "The Lacedæmonians are not wont to ask how many, but where the enemy are."

  Plutarch

  Kings, Enemy, Said

  "Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders". 58 Agis. "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th edition", 1919.

• Pompey had fought brilliantly and in the end routed Caesar's whole force... but either he was unable to or else he feared to push on. Caesar [said] to his friends: 'Today the enemy would have won, if they had had a commander who was a winner.'

  Plutarch

  Enemy, Pompey, Today

  "The Life of Pompey". Book by Plutarch,

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