A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. Oscar Wilde
Our friends show us what we can do, our enemies teach us what we must do. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. John F Kennedy
We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction. Aesop
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill.
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights. Warren Harding
Enemies are so stimulating. Katharine Hepburn
You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. Eric Hoffer
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished. Friedrich von Schiller
Not while I’m alive ‘e ain’t! Ernest Bevin (After being told that Herbert Morrison was his own worst enemy.)
If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character. Paul Newman
Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality. Joyce Carol Oates
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point. Salman Rushdie
It would be a rarity worth seeing could any one show us such a thing as a perfectly reconciled enemy. Robert South.
Flee an enemy who knows your weakness. Pierre Corneille