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Enemy Quotes (page 53)

R'hllor, come to us in our darkness,' she called. 'Lord of Light, we offer you these false gods, these seven who are one, and him the enemy. Take them and cast your light upon us, for the night is dark and full of terrors. George R. R. Martin
A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it. Napoleon Bonaparte
Gore Vidal quote: "Never offend an enemy in a small way."
Never offend an enemy in a small way. Gore Vidal
Was Charles I too stubborn to listen to reason? Could Civil War have been averted if the king had been more willing to negotiate? His great enemy Cromwell always maintained that the king had been swayed at the last moment by his queen, the beautiful Henrietta Maria. We can believe Cromwell's claim that the queen told her husband to be firm. But the wicked, spiteful, altogether irresistable quote often attributed to her by Puritan writers of the time is almost certainly false. "Oh my love, if... Antonia Fraser
Ovid quote: "Right it is to be taught even by the enemy."
Right it is to be taught even by the enemy. Ovid
A genuine primary is a fight within the family of the party - and, like any family fight, is apt to be more bitter and leave more enduring wounds than battle with the November enemy. Theodore White
Sun Tzu quote: "Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking..."
Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm Sun Tzu
He asked, 'Croesus, who told you to attack my land and meet me as an enemy instead of a friend?' The King replied, 'It was caused by your good fate and my bad fate. It was the fault of the Greek gods, who with their arrogance, encouraged me to march onto your lands. Nobody is mad enough to choose war whilst there is peace. During times of peace, the sons bury their fathers, but in war it is the fathers who send their sons to the grave. Herodotus
Jealousy we understood and thought natural...but envy was a strange, new feeling for us. And all the time we knew that Maureen Peal was not the Enemy and not worthy of such intense hatred. The Thing to fear was the Thing that made her beautiful, and not us. Toni Morrison
Oscar Wilde quote: "Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be..."
Every effect that one produces gives one an enemy. To be popular one must be a mediocrity. Oscar Wilde
Sun Tzu quote: "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer"
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer Sun Tzu
Personal affection is a luxury you can have only after all your enemies are eliminated. Untli then, everyone you love is a hostage, sapping your courage and corrupting you judgement. Orson Scott Card
Napoleon Bonaparte quote: "If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we..."
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them. Napoleon Bonaparte
Victor Hugo quote: "This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred,..."
This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred, without exception. Victor Hugo
Perhaps the most important thing I learned was about democracy, that democracy is not our government, our constitution, our legal structure. Too often they are enemies of democracy. Howard Zinn

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