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Quotes About Adversary

Thou wine art the friend of the friendless, though a foe to all.
~ Herman Melville
War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
~ Napoleon Bonaparte
It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. —Sally Kempton
~ David Allen
He had learned that this dated back to the days of the jousters. Most folks were right-handed, and back then a man wanted to keep his sword or jousting pole closest to his enemy.
~ David Baldacci
Aside from the unusual circumstances in which agents exhibit principal-like behavior, investors face the challenge of dealing with an adversarial agent who profits at the investor's expense.
~ David F. Swensen
The enemy will never attack you where you are strongest. … He will attack where you are weakest. If you do not know your weakest point, be certain, your enemy will
~ William R. Forstchen
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
~ William Shakespeare
I do believe, induced by potent circumstances That thou art mine enemy.
~ William Shakespeare
I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional.
~ Winston S. Churchill
In war what you don't dislike is not usually what the enemy does.
~ Winston S. Churchill
in mortal war anger must be subordinated to defeating the main immediate enemy.
~ Winston S. Churchill
La adversidad es una carambola imposible. Una chuza robada por el diablo. Un triste logaritmo inoperante. Pienso que la conozco, y ella a mí, pero seguro estoy exagerando. Dudo que sea digno de que La Adversidad me vea de frente y pronuncie mi nombre.
~ Xavier Velasco
It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life.
~ Yann Martel
I must say a word about fear. It's is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. it begins in your mind, always.
~ Yann Martel
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease.
~ Yann Martel
I must say a word about fear. It is life's only true opponent. Only fear can defeat life. It is a clever, treacherous adversary, how well I know. It has no decency, respects no law or convention, shows no mercy. It goes for your weakest spot, which it finds with unerring ease. It begins with your mind, always.
~ Yann Martel
For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him. For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way. For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with his elegant quickness... For when his day's work is done his business more properly begins. For he keeps the Lord's watch in the night against adversary. For he counteracts the powers of darkness by his electrical skin & glaring eyes.
~ Christopher Smart
We have an opponent who wants nothing more than to bring about our demise.
~ Unknown
The great story… is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for President.
~ Hillary Rodham Clinton
I consider all the things I have done to become a worthy adversary of him, but maybe I haven't been fighting Cardan at all. Maybe I've been fighting my own shadow.
~ Holly Black
It feels good to be fighting someone other than myself." Jude "The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air #3)". Apple Books.
~ Holly Black
I said that if I couldn't be better than my enemies, then I would become worse. Much, much worse.
~ Holly Black
I consider all the things I have done to become a worthy adversary of him, but maybe I haven't been fighting Cardan at all. Maybe I've been figting my own shadow.
~ Holly Black
If I couldn't be better than my enemies, then I would become worse. Much, much worse.
~ Holly Black