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Enemy, Enemies

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him. – Chinese Proverb

False friends are worse than bitter enemies. – Scottish Proverb

Talk well of your friends and of your enemies say nothing. – Proverb

The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor. – Douglas Adams

Enemies promises were made to be broken. – Aesop

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults. – Antisthenes

Serve your enemies for they first find out your faults – Antisthenes

Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes. – Antisthenes

Wise men learn many things from their enemies. – Aristophanes

Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you. Matthew – Bible

When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend. – William Blake

It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

If there be no enemy theres no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown. – Thomas Carlyle

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. – Miguel de Cervantes

We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us. – Oswald Chambers

The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts. – William Ellery Channing

Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment. – Lord Chesterfield

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy — the mother. – Claudette Colbert

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. – Joseph Conrad

To see a man beaten not by a better opponent but by himself is a tragedy. – Cus DAmato