If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Topic

Enemies Empathy

Author

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Source

Table-Talk (Longfellow) Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000.

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They are not included, and were not intended to be included, under the word "citizens" in the Constitution, and can therefore claim none of the rights and privileges which that instrument provides for and secures to citizens of the United States.

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Citation

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Another quote about Enemies

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Kautilya

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Friends and enemies Friends Enemies Allies

Author

Kautilya
Source
Arthashastra
Genre
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Language
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Time
300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. R. Shamasastry, 1909, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. India Penguin Classics, 2000, bk. 6, ch. 2.