Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
In 1694 a law was passed "that every settler who deserted a town for fear of the Indians should forfeit all his rights therein. " But now, at any rate, as I have frequently observed, a man may desert the fertile frontier territories of truth and justice, which are the State's best lands, for fear of far more insignificant foes, without forfeiting any of his civil rights therein. Nay, townships are granted to deserters, and the General Court, as I am sometimes inclined to regard it, is but a deserters' camp itself.
Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.
Friends show me what I can do, foes teach me what I should do.
Ut cum spiritu postrema sacramentum dejuremus," he chanted. "Et hostes ornamenta addent ad ianuam necem. " "You just. . . finished the prophesy,"Rachael stammered. "-An oath to keep with a final breathAnd foes bear arms to the Doors of Death. How did you-" "I know those lines. " Jason winced and put his hands to his temples. "I don't know how, but I KNOW that prophecy. " "In Latin, no less," Drew called out. "Handsome AND smart.
Fire, fear, foes! Awake!
Expose foes wit my hocus pocus flows, they froze now suckas idolize my chosen blows
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.
Innovation keeps me ahead of my competition. It means that my foes must adapt to me, not the other way around.
The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
The man that makes a character, makes foes.
Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.
One would like to know, what were foes made for except to be used?
There's been a deliberate and systematic effort to convey to countries around the world, friends and foes, that if they cross the United States there's a price to pay.
Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.
It's our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer.
The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
Friendly counsel cuts off many foes.