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Not even death can make a foe a friend.
Sophocles496–406 BCAntigone (c. 441 BC), spoken by CreonIn context
- Enemies
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War (5th century BC), Chapter IIIIn context
To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War (5th century BC), Chapter IVIn context
- Enemies
- War & Peace
When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
Sun Tzu544–496 BCThe Art of War (5th century BC), Chapter VIIIn context
- Enemies
- War & Peace
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Sonnet 30 (1609)In context
It’s coming yet, for a’ that,
That man to man, the warld o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.
Robert Burns1759–1796A Man’s a Man for A’ That (1795)In context
- Hope
I’m now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.
Emily Brontë1818–1848Wuthering Heights (1847), Chapter IIIIn context
But we are strong, each in our purpose; and we are all more strong together.
Bram Stoker1847–1912Dracula (1897), Chapter XXIVIn context
It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from the hands of opportunity
Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), Story of the DoorIn context
Do as adversaries do in law,
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
William Shakespeare1564–1616The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1591), Act I, Scene II, spoken by TranioIn context
- Enemies
- Laws
Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.
E. M. Forster1879–1970Howards End (1910), Chapter 19In context
- Love
I’d have liked to have you for a sweetheart, or a wife, or my mother or my sister⁠—anything that a woman can be to a man. The idea of you is a part of my mind; you influence my likes and dislikes, all my tastes, hundreds of times when I don’t realize it. You really are a part of me.
Willa Cather1873–1947My Ántonia (1918), Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story, Chapter IVIn context
- Love
Ain’t it wonderful, Jim, how much people can mean to each other?
Willa Cather1873–1947My Ántonia (1918), Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story, Chapter IVIn context
- Love
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
Jane Austen1775–1817Northanger Abbey (1817), Chapter 4In context
- Love
When a man’s partner is killed he’s supposed to do something about it. It doesn’t make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you’re supposed to do something about it.
Dashiell Hammett1894–1961The Maltese Falcon (1930), Chapter 20In context
- Justice
- Responsibility