Quotes About Rivalry

You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.

Success is the only unforgivable sin against your neighbor.

Success makes enemies of those who would have never been true friends.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.

Success--something your friends will never forgive you.

To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport

The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants.

Ingratitude' is the name which avatars of Narcissus give to the success of others.

Truly generous men are always ready to feel compassion when their enemy's misfortune exceeds the bounds of their hatred.

D'Artagnan had time to reflect that women - those gentle doves - treat one another more cruelly than bears and tigers.

for men who are truly generous are always ready to compassionate when the misfortune of their enemy surpasses the limits of their hatred.

cómo cree que en política haya asesinatos? En política, querido mío, y vos lo sabéis tan bien como yo, no hay hombres, sino ideas; no sentimientos, sino intereses; en política no se mata a un hombre, sino se allana un obstáculo.

Los hombres generosos son siempre compasivos, cuando la desgracia de su adversario es mayor que su odio.

In politica, mio caro, lo sapete quanto me, non ci sono uomini ma idee; non sentimenti ma interessi; in politica non si uccide un uomo: si elimina un ostacolo, ecco tutto.

Next to hating their enemies, men are most inclined to flatter them.

In politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships.

The Union of the Two Noble and Illustrious Families of Lancaster and York

Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

BATTLE, n. A method of untying with the teeth of a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

The worst enemies are the ones that live next door,

Give Bethod a kick from me, once you have him under your boot." "That I will, unless he gets me under his." "Never easy, kicking upwards.

There's no style of contempt like the stuff one kind of savage has for another,

It may be a union in name, but they fight each other tooth and nail. The lowly squabble over trifles. The great wage secret wars for power and wealth, and they call it government. Wars of words, and tricks, and guile, but no less bloody for that. The casualties are many.