Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.
Revenge is not always sweet, once it is consummated we feel inferior to our victim.
Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!
A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.
Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Wars teach us not to love our enemies, but to hate our allies.
Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.