#enemy

What man ever openly apologizes for slander? It is not so much a feeling of slander as it is that of a massive lie, a misdeed not only to the slandered but also to those manipulated in the process. He has made them all, every one, his enemies, thereupon he is so overwhelmed with guilt that he will deny it until his grave. ↗

— Criss Jami

#deceit #defamation #denial #enemy #feelings

I don't think you need to go looking for the enemy. He's going to look for you. ↗

— Willie Aames

#go #going #i #look #looking

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt. ↗

— Joseph Addison

#becomes #corrupt #enemy #happiness #less

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#both #dignity #enemy #friendship #hand

Biography should be written by an acute enemy. ↗

— Arthur Balfour

#biography #enemy #should #written

When two wise men are blaming one another, then time has come for you to be the third one. ↗

— Toba Beta

#different #dispute #enemy #new-one #wisdom

Wish for the happiness of your enemies, for if they are happy, they are your enemy no more. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#forgive #happiness #love #forgiveness

If the flag of an armed enemy of the U.S. is allowed to fly over government buildings, then it implies that slavery, or at least the threat of slavery, is sanctioned by that government and can still legally exist. ↗

— Amiri Baraka

#armed #buildings #enemy #exist #flag

Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares. ↗

— John Clare

#anything #been #companions #drinking #easy

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#enemy #friend #ignorant #nothing #preferred