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Quotes About Adversary

Had Kilpatrick shown some initiative and sent a larger force in pursuit, he might have bagged the entire command while the exhausted column was strung out across the Pennsylvania country side. Stuart was fortunate his adversary was not determined to fight a decisive battle with him.
~ Eric J. Wittenberg
advocates of opinions who attack one another in daily politics are grouped together over against their common adversary, the philosopher. When
~ Eric Voegelin
Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
~ beecher henry ward xi
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.
~ Benjamin Disraeli
There is no little enemy.
~ Benjamin Franklin
There is no small enemy.
~ Benjamin Franklin
I'd love to fight Matt Hughes again.
~ Matt Serra
Only a conquerer bothers to honor a fallen foe.
~ Glen Cook
Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
~ Gorge Orwell
Karla is reasonably good at being a friend, but she is stupendously good at being an enemy. When you judge the power that is in a person, you must judge their capacities as both friend and as enemy. And there is no-one in this city that makes a worse or more dangerous enemy than Karla.
~ Gregory David Roberts
The worm of paranoia begins to eat into even the hardest adversary.
~ David Ignatius
I was supposed to fight a guy back in the day. He didn't shower, specifically to throw off his opponents. Thank God I got injured, and I couldn't fight the fight. I was so worried about it. I was like, 'Oh my God - I heard about this guy.' It was the worst ever.
~ Luke Rockhold
Our Heavenly Father loves us. He sent His Only Begotten Son to be our Savior. He knew that in mortality we would be in grave danger, the worst of it from the temptations of a terrible adversary. That is one of the reasons why the Savior has provided priesthood keys so that those with ears to hear and faith to obey could go to places of safety.
~ Henry B. Eyring
The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.
~ Alan Dershowitz
I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
~ Gavin Newsom
The fact I had my father as an adversary was such a powerful tool to work with. I subconsciously fought him to the degree that I drove me to be one of the most successful musician in the world.
~ George Michael
However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
There is nothing worse than an enemy with imagination.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. Will he aim at your enemy? — From Cantra yos'Phelium's Log Book (quoted in many
~ Sharon Lee
Many citizens see all the leadership of these large institutions together in a conspiracy against them rather than in any adversary relationship with each other.
~ Robert Teeter
many times have I stretched my failing limbs upon the sandy plain, and prayed for death. But revenge kept me alive; I dared not die, and leave my adversary in being.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
But revenge kept me alive; I dared not die and leave my adversary in being.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Però la venjança m'ha mantingut viu: no gosava morir i deixar viu el meu adversari.
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
To be enjoyable, an AI must put up a good fight but lose more often than win. It must make the player feel clever, sly, cunning, and powerful. It must make the player jump from his seat shouting, "Take that, you little shit!
~ Mat Buckland