A Quote by Publilius Syrus

He who gets the better of an irascible temperament conquers his worst enemy.

Publilius Syrus

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Publilius Syrus
Roman - Writer
85 BC - 43 BC

He who conquers his wrath overcomes his greatest enemy.

Publilius Syrus

Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.

Gerrit Smith

Better make friends with an ignoramus who is liberal with his money and of a pleasing disposition than with a scholar who is mean and irascible.

Judah ben Samuel of Regensburg

I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy, and I don't even have a worst enemy.

Gary Coleman

One who is mostly an observer thrives in good times but suffers in bad times because what he is observing is already vibrating, and as he observes it, he includes it in his vibrational countenance. As he includes it, the Universe accepts that as his point of attraction and gives him more of it. So the better it gets the better it gets. Or the worse it gets the worse it gets. While one who is a visionary thrives in all times.

Esther Hicks

He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty" - Lao-tsu One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.

Boyd K. Packer

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.

Aldous Huxley

The body of an actor can be either his best friend or his worst enemy.

Marcus Aurelius

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

William Temple

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

William Temple

A good soldier has his heart and soul in it. When he receives an order, he gets a hard on, and when he drives his lance through his enemy's guts, he comes.

Bertolt Brecht

If you refrain from judging your worst enemy, his children will come to your side. What more severe judgment could come upon an enemy than this?

Sun Myung Moon

Love has the power that dispels death; charm that conquers the enemy.

Khalil Gibran

We should be slower to think that the man at his worst is the real man, and certain that the better we are ourselves the less likely is he to be at his worst in our company. Every time he talks away his own character before us he is signifying contempt for ours.