quotations about enemies
The enemy to be feared most is one who wears the face of a friend.
BRIAN HERBERT & KEVEN J. ANDERSON
Dune: House Corrino
Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.
ARISTOPHANES
The Birds
The enemy
Is gonna get me
But not today
On my horsey
MOLOKO
"On My Horsey", Do You Like My Tight Sweater?
When we admit that our enemies are really a part of ourselves they help us (or force us) to incorporate the unity of God and of creation into our lives.
MOSHE SCHATZ
preface, You Are What You Hate
Come to me
The enemy
GODSMACK
"The Enemy", IV
I have only one real and true enemy on earth, and that is myself.
CHRISTIAN MORGENSTERN
An Evolution in Aphorisms
He who has his enemy's love and trust is in a far better position to attack, later, when the time is right.
K. J. PARKER
Devices and Desires
A dead man is the worst enemy alive ... You can't alter his power over you. You can't alter what you love or owe. And it's too late to ask him for his absolution. He has beaten you all ways.
JOHN LE CARRÉ
Our Game
A distant enemy is always preferable to one at the gate.
EMIL CIORAN
History & Utopia
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
ALI IBN-ABI-TALIB
A Hundred Sayings
When the inhabitants of a free city have overcome the enemy in the field, it is not easy to express the pleasure which they feel in putting their opponents to flight, as well as in pursuing and making havoc of them.
XENOPHON
Hiero
Scratch a lover, and find a foe.
DOROTHY PARKER
"Ballads of a Great Weariness", Enough Rope
Boyfriends
And girlfriends
And enemies
Those upon which we rely
LOW
"Boyfriends and Girlfriends"
An enemy to define ourselves
An enemy to refine our hate
DARK TRANQUILITY
"The Enemy", Damage Done
Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.
CORMAC MCCARTHY
No Country for Old Men
A man's enemies are those he should endeavor first to make his friends.
NORMAN MACDONALD
Maxims and Moral Reflections
I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.
LEIGH BARDUGO
Siege and Storm
We shall support whatever our enemies oppose and oppose whatever our enemies support.
MAO ZEDONG
Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong
It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.
JOHN UPDIKE
Rabbit is Rich
In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh
The enemy more mighty than he seems;
So the proportions of defence are fill'd;
Which of a weak and niggardly projection
Doth, like a miser, spoil his coat with scanting
A little cloth.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Henry V