learning from enemies Quotes

Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.

We can learn even from our enemies.

All the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.

It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. Fas est ab hoste doceri.

The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends

Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell them.

You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but an enemy extorts it immediately. It is from their foes and not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war. And this lesson saves their children, their homes, and their properties.

It is the enemy who can truly teach us to practice the virtues of compassion and tolerance.