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• Propaganda is that branch of the art of lying which consists in nearly deceiving your friends without quite deceiving your enemies.

  Francis Cornford

  Friendship, Art, Lying

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• I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

  Duke of Wellington

  Military, War, Humorous

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• We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy who hates us. We cannot easily discover our real character from a friend. He is a mirror, on which the warmth of our breath impedes the clearness of the reflection.

  Jean Paul

  Friendship, Hate, Real

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• In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Friendship, Wisdom, Kings

  "The Trumpet of Conscience". Martin Luther King, Jr.'s steeler lecture at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, November 17, 1957.

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• We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar.

  Emmanuelle Chriqui

  Worst Enemy, Ideas, Perfection

  "Emmanuelle Chriqui Shares Her Beauty Secrets". Interview with Catherine Quinn O'neill, www.allure.com. January 17, 2013.

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• None but yourself who are your greatest foe.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Foe

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (2008). “Michael Angelo and Translations”, p.84, Wildside Press LLC

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• Your reactions to your enemy can hurt you more than your enemy can.

  Hannah Hurnard

  Hurt, Reactions

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• As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

  Diogenes

  Friendship, Good Friend, Men

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• It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

  Publilius Syrus

  Fortune, Pitiful

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• Attack the enemy's strategy.

  Sun Tzu

  Strategy

  Sun-tzu, Gerald A. Michaelson (2001). “Sun Tzu: The Art of War for Managers; 50 Strategic Rules”, p.59, Adams Media

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• Whoever has his foe at his mercy, and does not kill him, is his own enemy

  Saadi

  Doe, Mercy, Foe

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• To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

  Confucius

  Positive, Forgiveness, Attitude

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• There is no stronger bond of friendship than a common enemy.

  Frank Frankfort Moore

  Friendship, Stronger, Mutual

  "The Marriage Lease: The Story of a Social Experiment".

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• Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Worst Enemy, Mankind, Worst

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• He hasn't an enemy in the world - but all his friends hate him.

  Eddie Cantor

  Friendship, Sarcastic, Hate

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• The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

  Pablo Picasso

  Life, Motivational, Beautiful

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• Five enemies of peace inhabit with us - avarice, ambition, envy, anger, and pride; if these were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.

  Petrarch

  Forgiveness, Peace, Anger

  "De vita solitaria". Book by Francesco Petrarca, 1346.

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• Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Being Yourself, Freedom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 1 (1891)

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• Bad habits are our enemies because they hinder us from being the person we want to be.

  Joyce Meyer

  Want, Habit, Hinder

  Joyce Meyer (2013). “Making Good Habits, Breaking Bad Habits: 14 New Behaviours That Will Energise Your Life”, p.11, Hachette UK

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• The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

  Winston Churchill

  Air, Defense, Departure

  "The World Crisis". Volume I,

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• Time is my greatest enemy.

  Evita Peron

  History, World History

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• Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

  Alice Thomas Ellis

  Inspirational, Death, Past

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• The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Opportunity

  Lionel Giles', Sun Tzu (1910). “Sun Tzu's Art of War - Illustrated & Translated for Modern Readers”, p.12, SJ Creations Tokyo

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• Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

  John F. Kennedy

  Funny, Forgiveness, Witty

  John F. Kennedy, Dominique Enright (2003). “The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy”, Michael O'Mara Books

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