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Those who put you in difficult times are enemies.
Those who forsook you in difficult times are acquaintances.
Those who stood by you in difficult times are friends.
Those who fought for you in difficult times are family.
The bold sympathize with the bold; and in great hearts, there is always a certain friendship for a gallant foe.
The enemy of my enemy may not yet be my friend, indeed it may never be my friend, but it is, at least, if not less of an enemy, then no longer among my most important enemies.
You have no enemy until you make one.
As the flattery of friends corrupts, so often do the taunts of enemies instruct.
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.
I have no enemies ... but if I am to have an enemy, Let his strength be equal to mine, That truth alone may be the victor.
My enemies are everywhere, and my friends are fools.
Love your enemies, they are prospects.
A foe to God ne'er was true friend to man, Some sinister intent taints all he does.
Only you must have worthy foes hate, but not enemies worthy of contempt. You must be proud of your enemy.
Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.
Better a good enemy than a bad friend.
There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.
The firmest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity,
as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame
Enemies are the price of success.
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
Sweet are the uses of adversity.
Fire, fear, foes! Awake!
If you don't have friends, find the enemy
Friends are nothing but a known enemy
I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.
Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies; Nay, who but infants question in such wise, twas one of my most intimate enemies.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, men said, but the enemy of my friend is my enemy.
Once, my enemies were those I could see
Now the devil lies deep within me
But angels still nudge me, whispering follies of sin
This war is mine, and mine alone, to win.
Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.
my enemy's enemy is my friend.
In reality, there are no enemies; we're all souls in growth, waking up
An intimate friend and a hated enemy have always been indispensable requirements for my emotional life; I have always been able to create them anew, and not infrequently my childish ideal has been so closely approached that friend and enemy coincided in the same person.
It's great to have an enemy. Sharpens your senses.
Blessed are the ones who have strong enemies, for they have a vital reason to be better in every way.
Enemies provide us some of the best opportunities to practice patience, tolerance, and compassion.
It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.
The enemy of my enemy is also my enemy. A dark lord has no friends.
A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which is on its guard, and strikes with caution and safety.
We have met the enemy and he is us.
The cruelest foe is a masked benefactor. The wars which make history so dreary have served the cause of truth and virtue.
Enemies could become the best companions. Companionship is based on a common interest, and the greater the interest the closer the companionship. What makes enemies of people, if not the eagerness, the passion for the same thing?
My enemy is not the man who wrongs me, but the man who means to wrong me.
The enemy is not you, it is someone you feared
to overcome.
Petra Hermans
September 14, 2016
Enemies are people who's story you haven't heard, or who's face you haven't seen.
Acquaintances are numerous. Friends are few. Enemies many.
I have no enemies. I dont permit such a thing.
They say love inspires. Guess what inspires more? An enemy.
A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.
I've never viewed you as an enemy, more an adversary ...
Consider an enemy may become a friend.
The enemy of my enemy is my future enemy
Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.
Old enemies must be friends when a greater evil looms.
Dear is my friend
yet from my foe, as from my friend, comes good:
My friend shows what I can do, and my foe what I should.
Love your enemies but be wise when dealing with them.
I am not anyone's enemy.
We often deserve our enemies.
We rarely deserve our friends.
Enemies may seek our destruction, but they also keep us on our toes and often help us figure out who we are and what we stand for.
We make enemies, sometimes through no fault of our own, and sometimes our enemies become badges of honor.
The most dangerous enemy is not the one who lingers behind you in the shadows, but the one who walks beside you as a friend.
Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.
Enemies are the people who think about you more than your friends do.
Some people said beware of enemies. Some said beware of friends and some said beware of frenemies, but the most dangerous people are those that will hurt you and still play the victim.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
You have no enemy except yourself.
Potential enemies make the best friends and lovers. Many a blessed union begins in adversity.
Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.
These times make for strange friends and unexpected enemies.
Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something that does not displease us.
Today's opponents can be your allies tomorrow. And today's allies can be tomorrow's opponents.
An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.
As your enemies and your friends, so are you
Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.
Enemies are a given. Friends are not.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Our enemies ... seem always with us. The greater our hatred the more persistent the memory of them so that a truly terrible enemy becomes deathless. So that the man who has done you great injury or injustice makes himself a guest in your house forever. Perhaps only forgiveness can dislodge him.
It is curious how often one prefers his enemies to his friends.
Hate not your enemies; love thy rivals, for this is the only way to convert them into your friends and your partners!
When enemies, the intellect and the heart only see one another as the hater and the fool.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Friends with spiteful hearts and thousand eyes of evil, mock not my slumbering glory. I just might be the next in line to gain access to the secret fount of good riches.
So foes persue, and cold allies
mistrust me, every one:
let me be false in others' eyes
if faithful in my own
My enemies are legion.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from falling hands we throw.
fierce lovers.
and battle warriors
both come
from the same place.
there is bound
to be,
some bloodshed.
These folk are hewers of trees and hunters of beasts; therefore we are their unfriends, and if they will not depart we shall afflict them in all ways that we can.
The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.
Life is too short to have enemies, all you should have is friends!
I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
Acquaintances come and go, friends are here to stay, but enemies accumulate.
Words can be powerful allies. Or enemies
We couldn't be friends. We couldn't be enemies.
So what were we?
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.
Friends may come and go
but enemies accumulate.
An enemy despised is the most dangerous of all enemies.
Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?
Jack said, 'The only friends we don't spare--who do not escape our scrutiny--are our lovers and those who become our enemies.
It's not your enemies who are likeliest to hurt you. It is, always, those you trust.