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Buddha

Founder of Buddhism

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts.
Buddhism - Enemy - Harm - Inspiration - Life - Meditation
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
Destroying - Enemy
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Leon Trotsky

Revolutionary, Politician

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies.
Certainty - Danger - Enemy - Learning
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Augustine of Hippo

Theologian, Philosopher

What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers ... For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." (Luke 23:34)
Enemy - Father - Forgiving - Inspiration - Perfection - Religion
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.
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Buddha

Founder of Buddhism

Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view.
Compassion - Diligence - Disagreement - Enemy - Energy - Feelings - Practice - Tasks - Transformation - Views
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Lord Byron

Poet, Politician, Revolutionary

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Enemy - Friendship - Love - Oneself
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Abraham Lincoln

Former President of the United States

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
Destroying - Enemy - Friendship - Making
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

It is an approved maxim in war, never to do what the enemy wishes you to do, for this reason alone, that he desires it.
Enemy - Reason - War - Wishing
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.
Enemy - Meaning
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Mahatma Gandhi

Lawyer, Politician, Civil Rights Activist

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Correcting - Enemy
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Aristotle

Philosopher

He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.
Ability - Enemy - Man - Privacy - Solitude - Virtue
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Business - Enemy - Humor - Insight - Military - Mistake - Sarcasm - War - Wit
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Carl von Clausewitz

Military Commander, Military Theorist

Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
Enemy - Human - Man
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Alfred Nobel

Chemist, Engineer, Inventor, Businessman

To his sister-in-law: What a contrast between us! You live a warm and glowing life, surrounded by loved ones whom you care for and who care for you; you are anchored in contentment. I drift about without rudder or compass, a wreck on the sea of life; I have no memories to cheer me, no pleasant illusions of the future to comfort me, or about me to satisfy my vanity. I have no family to furnish the only kind of survival that concerns us, no friends for the wholesome development of my affections, or enemies for my malice.
Care - Cheering - Comfort - Development - Enemy - Illusion - Kindness - Law - Malice - Memory - Pleasure - Sea - Sister - Survival - Vanity - Warmth
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Buddha

Founder of Buddhism

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.
Enemy - Fools - Wealth
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Carl von Clausewitz

Military Commander, Military Theorist

If the enemy is to be coerced, you must put him in a situation that is even more unpleasant than the sacrifice you call on him to make. The hardships of the situation must not be merely transient - at least not in appearance. Otherwise, the enemy would not give in, but would wait for things to improve.
Appearance - Enemy - Giving - Hardship - Military - Sacrifice - Waiting
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Carl von Clausewitz

Military Commander, Military Theorist

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
Enemy - Perfection - Plan
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Carl von Clausewitz

Military Commander, Military Theorist

What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely or enough to make him stop fighting. . . . The complete or partial destruction of the enemy must be regarded as the sole object of all engagements. . . . Direct annihilation of the enemy's forces must always be the dominant consideration.
Defeat - Destructiveness - Enemy - Engagement - Enough - Fighting - Force - Injury - Meaning - Objectification
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.
Enemy - Europe - Trial - War
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Joseph Stalin

Former Premier of the Soviet Union

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
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Oscar Wilde

Poet, Playwright

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.
Enemy - Excellence - Friendship
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Ayn Rand

Writer, Philosopher

Never think of pain or danger or enemies a moment longer than is necessary to fight them.
Danger - Enemy - Fighting - Pain - Thinking
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
Enemy - Knowledge - War
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Carl von Clausewitz

Military Commander, Military Theorist

The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war.
Destructiveness - Effort - Enemy - Force - Military - Solution - War
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John Muir

Naturalist, Environmentalist, Author, Philosopher

The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise, or get safely away when compelled to retreat.
Acquiring - Enemy - Hiding - India - Safety - Taking - Trial - Wilderness
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Augustine of Hippo

Theologian, Philosopher

Though there are very many nations all over the earth, ...there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we may justly call two cities, ...one consisting of those who live according to man, the other of those who live according to God ....To the City of Man belong the enemies of God, ...so inflamed with hatred against the City of God.
Art - Earth - Enemy - Human - Kindness - Life - Man - Nations
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Aesop

Fabulist, Storyteller

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Destructiveness - Enemy - Giving - Meaning
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Carl Sagan

Astronomer, Cosmologist, Astrophysicist, Astrobiologist

The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing waist deep in gasoline, one with three matches, the other with five.
Absurd - Arms - Enemy - Reason - Weapons
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Napoleon

Military and Political Leader, Emperor of the French

The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.
Enemy - Generosity - History
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Aesop

Fabulist, Storyteller

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
Enemy - Making - Promise
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