Quotes of Foe - somelinesforyou

“ The most noble criticism is that in which the critic is not the antagonist so much as the rival of the author. ”

- Benjamin Disraeli

“ He is some competitor. ”

- Gary Player

“ God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. ”

- Bible

“ I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights! ”

- Warren G. Harding

“ You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. ”

- Joseph Conrad

“ Hail, Guest! We ask not what thou art; If Friend, we greet thee, hand and heart; If Stranger, such no longer be; If Foe, our love shall conquer thee! ”

- Unknown

“ It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ”

- Buddha

“ Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne. ”

- John King

“ When you fear a foe, fear crushes your strength; and this weakness gives strength to your opponents. ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- Grantland Rice

“ 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 Richter

“ Conflict between science and religion a dangerous foe. ”

- Henry Norris Russell

“ You are no more exempt from time's inexorable passing than Macbeth. Whether time is your friend or foe depends on how you use it. ”

- Patricia Fripp

“ Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. ”

- Joseph Conrad

“ We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us. ”

- Oswald Chambers

“ Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise, 'twas one of my most intimate enemies. ”

- Dante Gabriel Rossetti

“ Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe. ”

- Nicholas Breton

“ This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. ”

- Phyllis McGinley

“ The truth is forced upon us, very quickly, by a foe. ”

- Aristophanes

“ The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication. ”

- George Santayana

“ Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. ”

- Demosthenes

“ 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! ”

- Warren Harding

“ Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity. ”

- Max Lerner

“ If you have no enemies you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends. ”

- Elbert Hubbard

“ My prayer to God is a very short one "Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous!" God has granted it. ”

- Voltaire

“ My prayer to God is a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies look ridiculous!" God has granted it. ”

- Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire

“ Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success. ”

- Oliver Goldsmith

“ When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies. ”

- Don Piatt
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