Baltasar Gracian Enemy Quotations

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

The wise person finds enemies more useful than the fool does friends .

Treat your enemies with courtesy, and you'll see how valuable it really is. It costs little but pays a nice dividend: those who honor are honored. Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.

Possession hinders enjoyment. It merely gives you the right to keep things for or from others, and thus you gain more enemies than friends.

Friends provoked become the bitterest of enemies.