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It is easier for devils to hate their friends than for angels to hate their enemies.

It is easier to gain a hundred enemies than to gain one friend.

It is easier to conquer a strong enemy than to appease a wounded friend.

It is easier to lose friends than to win over enemies. Overnight one becomes your enemy. Over centuries a man refuses to be your friend.

It is easier to forgive yourself of a thousand misdeeds than to forgive your enemy of one.

It is easier to live in a hut with yourself than to live in a mansion with your enemy.

It is good to know one's enemy. It is better to know one's self.

It is humanly impossible to be an entirely bad or good person.

It is hard to make the boat go as fast as you want to. The enemy of course, is resistance of the water, as you have to displace the amount of water equal to the weight of the men and equipment, but that very water is what supports you and that very enemy is your friend. So is life: the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them.

It is impossible to accomplish anything great without having a great enemy.

It is normal to have enemies, common to have acquaintances, and unusual to have friends.

It is not an external enemy we dread. Our foe is shut up within ourselves. An internal warfare is daily waged by us.

It is not your enemies that you need to conquer on the journey to greatness, but yourself.

It is only once you see the baffled expression on the face of your enemy when you give his cruel words a warm smile that you’ll understand, truly understand, what love is all about.

It is so easy at times for a lonely individual to begin fantasizing about what the people outside are saying about him and, in result, irrationally and fearfully, and sometimes angrily, fancy himself a villain.

It is the fear of retaliation that prevents most people from committing wrong against their enemy. A state or an individual who does not pay back its offenders can`t live honourably.

It is the masterpiece of your enemies to make you doubt your genius.

I took him for a kind of buffoon. Now I see he is a devil.

I took note of the Buddha's teaching that in one sense a supposed enemy is more valuable than a friend, for an enemy teaches you things, such as forbearance, that a friend generally does not.

It seems to be almost a law of human nature, that it is easier for people to agree on a negative programme, on the hatred of an enemy, on the envy of those better off, than on any positive task. The contrast between the “we” and the “they,” the common fight against those outside the group, seems to be an essential ingredient in any creed which will solidly knit together a group for common action. It is consequently always employed by those who seek, not merely support of a policy, but the unreserved allegiance of huge masses. From their point of view it has the great advantage of leaving them greater freedom of action than almost any positive programme.

It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.

It’s impossible to defeat an enemy who has an outpost in your head.

It’s the enemy of your enemy who is your friend Sophie, not the friend of your friend.

It was easier to deal with Tennyson when he was fighting me; but having him on my side was frightening, because now I didn't know who the enemy was.

It's useless to hold a grudge against anyone for a time will come when all will be forgotten

I’ve made many enemies in my life, but I do think you’re my finest achievement.

I've been at some pains to tell you about myself because among other reasons I think we should know who our enemies are. I've known people to spend their lives nursing a hatred of phantoms and they were not happy people.

I’ve never paid any attention to time. Dancer says I’ve enjoyed a luxury most people never have. He hates clocks and watches and everything that has to do with time. He says people already have too many lost days and that most folks live in the past or the future but never the present, always saying stuff like “I’m unhappy because ‘X’ happened to me yesterday, or I’ll be happy again when ‘Y’ happens to me tomorrow.” He says time is the ultimate villain.

Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy.

I wanted to hate you, but I just couldn't.

Knowledge has no enemies, ignorance has no friends.

Learn from acquaintances, and you are clever; from friends, and you are intelligent; from enemies, and you are shrewd; but learn from all, and you are wise.

Loneliness is the biggest enemy of a human. Cause it is more than the enemy. When a person becomes lonely from inside, no one can save the person from sinking under the deep sea of end.

Loneliness is not the enemy of your joy as long as you know how you should always destroy the pensive mood that remains with you like a friend who never stands up for you when you’re forced to bend

Lord, I pray that my husband will be strong in the Lord and put on the whole armor of God, so he can stand against the enemy every day. Enable him to take up the shield of faith, helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Love can either be your greatest companion or your worst enemy, depending on your pride to accept or deny things.

Love fights with a kiss; hate fights with a fist.

Love from an enemy is better than hate from a friend.

Love is blind, but sometimes, so is hate.

Love neighbors. Love strangers. Love friends. Love enemies. Love all; hate none. Love in your childhood, in your youth, in your adulthood, and in your old age. Love as long as you live.

Love your friends with your eyes closed, but love your enemies with both eyes open.

Love your enemies but deal with them shrewdly.

Love treats its enemies better than hate treats its friends.

Love your enemies but be wise when dealing with them.

Maxim 9: Never turn your back on an enemy. -The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Mal-acclimatization to very high altitudes is the enemy of mental and physical health in the sea level adapted human.

Maumivu ya matatizo ya yule aliyekukosea hayana tofauti na maumivu ya matatizo ya wewe uliyekosewa. Adui yako (kwa mfano) akifiwa na mke aliyempenda sana, atajisikia vibaya kama utakavyojisikia vibaya kufiwa na mke uliyempenda sana. Kuwa na huruma kwa waliokukosea, wakati wa shida.

Maximize your friends. Never minimize your enemies.

May my enemies tremble if they still have time! (Que mes ennemis soient tremblants - S'ils en ont encore le temps!)

Maybe our greatest enemy isn’t the evil around us, but the evil inside us.