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| A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. |
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| Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. |
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| Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? |
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| An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere |
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| And when you journey in the earth, there is no blame on you if you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieve will cause you distress, surely the unbelievers are your open enemy. (The Women 4.101) |
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| As yet, Bernard Shaw hasn't become prominent enough to have any enemies, but none of his friends like him. |
| Oscar Wilde |
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| Enemies' promises were made to be broken |
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| Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful (Proverbs 27:6). |
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| He is a man of courage who does not run away, but remains at his post and fights against the enemy. |
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| He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from opposition; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach himself. |
| Thomas Paine |
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| He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. (Psalms 64:1) |
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