As Pogo said, “We have seen the enemy, and it’s us.”

— Unknown source

Don’t think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.

— Malaysian proverb

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

— Walt Kelly, U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip Pogo, 1913-1973

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

— Arabian proverb

None but yourself who are your greatest foe.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, U.S. poet and educator, 1807-1882

Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.

— Friedrich Nietsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, poet, philologist, and Latin and Greek scholar, 1844-1900

If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.

— Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948

I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

— Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865

No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her own way is without enemies.

— Daisy Bates, civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer, 1914-1919

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

— Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900

We have met the enemy and he is us.

— Walt Kelly, U.S. animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip, ‘Pogo,’ 1913-1973
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