Enemy Quotes

Human nature, if it healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints.

I have always paid attention to the merits of my enemies, and found it an advantage.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, "You are wrong." This method works every time.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.

Enemies are so stimulating.

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!

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies.

If you are without an enemy in the world, you may be a lamb or an ass, but you are not a man.

Your worst and most dangerous enemy is the person that injures you under the pretensions of friendship.