“In criticism, I will be bold, and as sternly, absolutely just with friend and foe. From this purpose nothing shall turn me.”
“You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.”
“I became bold because I had absolutely nothing to lose: neither honors, nor earnings, nor friends. I had to find myself anew and rely only on myself, because I could rely on no one else. My form is my solitude.”
“You shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: you must be proud of your foes. Thus have I already taught.”
“Ye shall only have foes to be hated; but not foes to be despised: ye must be proud of your foes.”
“It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls”