Quotes of: Common-enemy Keyword

Pride," observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it it very common indeed; that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that ...

Pride and Prejudice

As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with g...

Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume One: On Wisdom and Virtues

My first rule of war, Cat-never give the enemy his wish

A Clash of Kings

If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

Crossroads of Twilight

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.

Catch-22

Choose your friends carefully but don’t worry about your enemies, they will choose you

Darkness Left Undone

I despise women who rely on men entirely for their own existence.

Enemies at Home

Being this close to him was like sitting under a hotness heat lamp. In the desert. At high noon.

Enemies on Tap

Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.

The Art of War

It is best to keep one’s own state intact; to crush the enemy’s state is only second best.

The Art of War

Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him.

The Art of War

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

Jessamyn West

If the enemy looks just like you, how do you fight him?

The 5th Wave

If someone offer you an opportunity to get closer to your enemy, you always take it.

Allegiant

The Chamber Of Secrets had been opened. Enemies of the heir, beware.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.

Selected Essays, 1778-1830

Time is the friend of the wonderful business, the enemy of the mediocre.

The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life

Words can be powerful allies. Or enemies

Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love

We will walk to God barefoot: our feet lacerated, our limbs wounded.

Nostalgia, My Enemy

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Micah

I have two enemies in all the world, Two twins, inseparably fused: The hunger of the hungry and the fullness of the full.

Selected Poems