Archive

Quotes

The envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause.

—Baltasar Gracián, 1647

From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.

—Herman Melville, 1851

It is very foolish to attack one’s enemy openly if one can injure him in secret.

—Giambattista Giraldi, 1543

Quarreling must lead to disorder, and disorder exhaustion.

—Xunzi, c. 250 BC

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.

—George Eliot, 1857

Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.

—La Rochefoucauld, 1665

Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

—Book of Job, c. 600 BC

Perish the universe, provided I have my revenge.

—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654

To outwit an enemy is not only just and glorious but profitable and sweet.

—Plutarch, c. 100

It is permitted to learn even from an enemy.

—Ovid, c. 8

Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside.

—Arabic proverb

Envy and hatred are apt to blind the eyes and render them unable to behold things as they are.

—Margaret of Valois, c. 1600

Enemies are so stimulating.

—Katharine Hepburn, 1969