No tears are shed when an enemy dies.
Publius Syrus (42 b c): Maxim 376.
Ye have heard that it have been said, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
New Testament: Matthew v. 43.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give
him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire
on his head.
New Testament: Romans xii. 20.
O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths
to steal away their brains!
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act ii. Sc. 3.
My nearest
And dearest enemy.
Thomas Middleton (1580-1627): Anything for a Quiet Life. Act v. Sc. 1.
A thing devised by the enemy.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.
I am sure care's an enemy to life.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.
What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy
to mankind.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.
We have met the enemy, and they are ours.
Oliver H. Perry (1785-1820): Letter to General Harrison (dated "United States Brig Niagara. Off the Western Sisters. Sept. 10, 1813, 4 p. m.").
A weak invention of the enemy.
Colley Cibber (1671-1757): Richard III. (altered). Act v. Sc. 3.
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy,
and I am yours.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790): Letter to William Strahan, July 5, 1775.
