The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor.

Adams, Douglas

20.

Wise men learn many things from their enemies.

Aristophanes

21.

Was it a friend or foe that spread these lies? Nay, who but infants question in such wise,'twas one of my most intimate enemies.

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

22.

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

23.

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Antisthenes

24.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

Franklin, Benjamin

25.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

26.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy -- the mother.

Colbert, Claudette

27.

There is nothing like the sight of an old enemy down on his luck.

Euripides

28.

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

Aesop

29.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

Persian Proverb

30.

Even a paranoid can have enemies.

Kissinger, Henry

31.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

Conrad, Joseph

32.

It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head.

Sally Kempton

33.

We look upon the enemy of our souls as a conquered foe, so he is, but only to God, not to us.

Chambers, Oswald

34.

Bear patiently with a rival.

Ovid

35.

One must be a somebody before they can have a enemy. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force.

Swetchine, Anne Sophie

36.

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

Petrarch, Francesco

37.

There is no stronger bond of friendship than a mutual enemy.

Moore, Frankfort

38.

It pays to know the enemy -- not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Thatcher, Margaret

39.

If there be no enemy there's no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

Carlyle, Thomas

40.

The person who builds a character makes foes.

Young

41.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Napoleon Bonaparte

42.

If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy... he'll know what to do with it.

Horton, Doug

43.

The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.

Morley, Christopher

44.

The real enemy can always be met and conquered, or won over. Real antagonism is based on love, a love which has not recognized itself.

Miller, Henry

45.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Publilius Syrus

46.

Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.

Saadi

47.

False friends are worse than bitter enemies.

Proverb, Scottish

48.

We have meet the enemy; and he is us.

Kelly, Walt

49.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

Spurgeon, Charles Haddon

50.

I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends. They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!

Harding, Warren Gamaliel