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Quote of Benjamin Franklin - Love your Enemies, for they tell...


Biography - Benjamin Franklin:

Born: 1706 - Died: 1790
Period:
18th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your faults.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Aimez vos ennemis, car ils vous révèlent vos fautes.

German
Liebe deine Feinde; denn sie sagen dir deine Fehler.




See also 

See also...



In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.




Quotes for: enemy


Quotes

Quotes for: enemy


The best is the enemy of good.





Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.





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





Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.





Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.





Opponents often need each other more than friends, for without wind, the mills won't run.











Quotes

Benjamin Franklin also said...


There was never a good war, or a bad peace.





They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.





At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.





The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.





Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.





The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.












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