„Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.“
— Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence People
Quelle: How to Win Friends and Influence People
„He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.“
No. 401
Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucauld's Maxims (1823)
Quelle: Selected Essays, 1778-1830
Übernommen aus Wikiquote. Letzte Aktualisierung 2. November 2021. Geschichte
William Hazlitt6
englischer Essayist und Schriftsteller 1778 - 1830Ähnliche Zitate
„Foil hatred with goodness and love and make those enemy your true friends!“
— Mohammed Alkobaisi Iraqi Islamic scholar 1970
Understanding Islam, "Morals and Ethics" http://vod.dmi.ae/media/96716/Ep_03_Morals_and_Ethics Dubai Media
„Silence is a true friend who never betrays.“
— Confucius Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher -551 - -479 v.Chr
— Ali cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad 601 - 661
As quoted in "Considerations By the Way" in Conduct of Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Variant translation: Believe me, a thousand friends suffice thee not; In a single enemy thou hast more than enough
— Aristotle Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy -384 - -321 v.Chr
„common enemies make enemies become friends!“
— Eric Jerome Dickey American author 1961
Resurrecting Midnight
„The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so that makes Google my best friend.“
— Marc Benioff American businessman 1964
Quoted in Miguel Helft, " Google and Salesforce Join to Fight Microsoft http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/technology/14google.html?_r=1&oref=slogin", New York Times (April 14, 2008).
„A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.“
— Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States 1809 - 1865
— L. Neil Smith American writer 1946
"Am I the NRA?" collected in Lever Action (2001) and republished online in 2007 http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/tle401-20070114-03.html.
— Pythagoras ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher -585 - -495 v.Chr
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, "Pythagoras", Sect. 23, as translated in Dictionary of Quotations http://archive.org/details/dictionaryquota02harbgoog (1906) by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 320
Original: (el) ἀλλήλοις θ᾽ ὁμιλεῖν, ὡς τοὺς μὲν φίλους ἐχθροὺς μὴ ποιῆσαι, τοὺς δ᾽ ἐχθροὺς φίλους ἐργάσασθαι. ἴδιόν τε μηδὲν ἡγεῖσθαι.
„Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.“
— Napoleon I of France French general, First Consul and later Emperor of the French 1769 - 1821
As quoted in The Military Quotation Book (2002) by James Charlton, p. 93
Attributed
— John Adams 2nd President of the United States 1735 - 1826
Letter to Josiah Quincy III (14 February 1825)
1820s
— Theodore Roosevelt American politician, 26th president of the United States 1858 - 1919
1910s, The New Nationalism (1910)
Variante: The true friend of property, the true conservative, is he who insists that property shall be the servant and not the master of the commonwealth; who insists that the creature of man’s making shall be the servant and not the master of the man who made it. The citizens of the United States must effectively control the mighty commercial forces which they have called into being.
— Husayn ibn Ali The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib 626 - 680
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 128
General Quotes
„These times make for strange friends and unexpected enemies.“
— Rick Riordan, buch The Blood of Olympus
Quelle: The Blood of Olympus
„Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.“
— Viktor E. Frankl, buch … trotzdem Ja zum Leben sagen
Quelle: Man's Search for Meaning
„Highlanders make the truest friends-if only because they make the worst enemies.“
— Diana Gabaldon, buch A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Quelle: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
„Only a true best friend can protect you from your immortal enemies.“
— Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy
Quelle: Vampire Academy
