The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.
Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses.
Man has no greater enemy than himself.
Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.
We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.