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• Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.

  Joseph Conrad

  Literature, Action, Illusion

  Nostromo (1904) pt. 1, ch. 6

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• That is the thankless position of the father in the family-the provider for all, and the enemy of all.

  August Strindberg

  Funny, Boyfriend, Fathers Day

  August Strindberg (2014). “The Son of a Servant”, p.18, The Floating Press

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• We can learn even from our enemies.

  Ovid

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• To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Army, Way

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter VII), 2003.

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• It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.

  Lana Turner

  Movie, Forgiveness, Forgiving

  Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult

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• One never really knows who one's enemy is.

  Jurgen Habermas

  Knows

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• 'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.

  William Shakespeare

  Seems

  William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, Mr Theobald (Lewis) (1803). “King Henry IV, part 2. Henry V”, p.356

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• When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Forgiving, Haste, May

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• Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

  Pierre Berton

  Inspirational, Motivational, Freedom

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• Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else unless it is an enemy.

  Albert Einstein

  Humorous, Men, Criminals

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.28, Broadway Books

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• We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Relationship, Inspiring

  "Loving Your Enemies" by Martin Luther King, Jr., Christmas, 1957.

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• In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

  Brian Mulroney

  Inspiration, Two, Political

  1990 Remark made to a journalist following the by-election victory of Liberal leader Jean Chre tien,10 Dec, quoted two days later by Graham Fraser in The Globe and Mail.

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• Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

  Sterling Hayden

  Art, Mind, Stop Worrying

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• If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Fighting, Victory, Crowns

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• We have met the enemy and he is us.

  Walt Kelly

  Trust, Peace, Fun

  Poster for Earth Day (1970). Also appeared in the Pogo comic strip for 8 Aug. 1970.

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• If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.

  Diogenes

  Good Friend, Hot, Red

  "Moralia". Book by Plutarch, circa 100 AD.

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• Remember, to them it is us who are the enemy.

  N. F. Simpson

  Liberty, Libertarian, Remember

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• Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

  Demosthenes

  Law, Opponents, Dictator

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• He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Friendship, Few Friends

  "The Conduct of Life". Book by Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Considerations By the Way", 1860.

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• A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Gates

  "History and Utopia". Book by Emile M. Cioran, 1960.

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• Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.

  Sun Tzu

  Wise, War, Moving

  "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu, translated by Chow-Hou Wee, (Chapter XIII), 2003.

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• No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Love, Funny, Leadership

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• One of the enemies of creativity and innovation, especially in relation to our own development, is common sense.

  Ken Robinson

  Creativity, Common Sense, Innovation

  Ken Robinson Ph.D., Lou Aronica (2009). “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything”, p.29, Penguin

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• Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

  Arthur Erickson

  Art, Architecture, Bases

  Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

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• One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

  Jonathan Swift

  Hurt, Military, Literature

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). “Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740”, p.174

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