#foe

Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe. ↗

— John Milton

#force #half #hath #his #overcome

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes. ↗

— Douglas MacArthur

#destructiveness #disputes #few #few men #foe

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done. ↗

— Charles Mackay

#done #duty #endure #foes #made

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years. ↗

— Jean Paul

#aged #away #been #foes #grave

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#england #foe #greater #harm #hate

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#about #across #dealing #desk #eighteen

The lonely wanderer, who watches by the seashore the waves that roll between him and his home, talks of cruel facts, material barriers that, just because they are material, and not ideal, shall be the irresistible foes of his longing heart. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#because #between #cruel #facts #foes

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. ↗

— Friedrich Schiller

#both #embraces #encircle #firmament #foe

Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arab #array #bombings #citizens #defending

American credibility in the war on terrorism depends on a strong stand against all terrorist acts, whether committed by foe or friend. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#against #american #committed #credibility #depends