"Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him."
Benjamin Franklin
100 Top-Notch Quotes about Enemies
"Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate."
Adam Thomas Jones
(born January 14, 1965) is a three time Grammy Award-winning American musician and visual
artist, best known for his position as the guitarist for Grammy-Award winning band Tool.
"The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy."
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism.
"Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected."
Bertrand Arthur William Russell
(18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, socialist, pacifist, and social critic.
"Knowledge is a weapon. I intend to be formidably armed."
Terry Goodkind
(born in 1948) is an American writer and author.
"I have no friends and no enemies -- only competitors."
Aristotle Sokratis Onassis
(15 January 1906 – 15 March 1975) commonly called Ari or Aristo Onassis, was a prominent Greek shipping magnate of the 20th century.
"The nearest I can make it out, 'Love your Enemies' means, 'Hate your Friends'"
Benjamin Franklin
(January 17, 1706 [January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted
polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
"We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests."
Benjamin Disraeli
(21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was the country's first and thus far only Prime Minister who was born Jewish.
"If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near."
Sun Wu
(-) better known as Sun Tzu or Sunzi, was an ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher who is traditionally believed to be the author of The Art of War, an influential ancient Chinese book on military strategy.
"When the enemy attacks you, it means you are on the right road."
Enver Halil Hoxha
(16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist revolutionary and statesman who served as
the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, from 1941 until his death in 1985.
"Your enemy is never a villain in his own eyes. Keep this in mind, it may offer a way to make him your friend. If not, you can kill him without hate"
Robert Anson Heinlein
(July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre.
