#enemy

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #case #certain #enemy #ferocious

Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy. ↗

— Abu Bakr

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I know from personal experience how damaging it can be to live with bitterness and unforgiveness. I like to say it's like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die. And it really is that harmful to us to live this way. ↗

— Joyce Meyer

#damaging #die #enemy #experience #harmful

You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain. ↗

— Nagarjuna

#anger #enemy #exhaust #foes #killing

In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the enemy of that which, above all else, has given, and still gives him, aid and comfort. ↗

— Robert Dale Owen

#accordance #aid #comfort #constitution #deprive

I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave. ↗

— Manfred von Richthofen

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In such a beast as this..." (he means the army)"...it was the collective power that went, collapsing like a long-exhausted animal, at once falling under its own weight as much as that of its enemy. It was a collective death and not a matter of bravery or even strength, and once it was down it was finished as a battle. ↗

— Paul Hoffman

#battle #beast #bravery #collaps #collective

God wants us to worry about our sins before we sin; the devil wants us to worry after we sin. God wants us to feel free after we repent (for we really are free then); the devil is a deceiver). The devil tempts us to cavalier pride before we sin and worrisome despair afterward, since pride and despair both separate us from God, and anything that separates us from God is the devil's friend and our enemy, while anything that brings us close to God is the devil's enemy and our friend. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#evil #faith #god #prayer #sin