“All things – great, small, good, bad, friend, enemy—should be a lesson, not an obsession.”
Annotated Drawings by Eugene J. Martin: 1977-1978
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Iris Murdoch book The Philosopher's Pupil
The Philosopher's Pupil (1983) p. 76.
Context: The sin of pride may be a small or a great thing in someone's life, and hurt vanity a passing pinprick or a self-destroying or even murderous obsession. Possibly, more people kill themselves and others out of hurt vanity than out of envy, jealousy, malice or desire for revenge.
“If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.”
Holly Black book The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
Source: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
“Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.”
Robert Burton book The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Democritus Junior to the Reader
James C. Collins (1958) American business consultant and writer
As cited in: Margaret A. Byrnes, Jeanne Baxter (2006), The Principal's Leadership Counts!. p. 99
Good To Great And The Social Sectors, 2005
“It is a good thing
To escape from death, but it is not great pleasure
To bring death to a friend.”
Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian
Source: Antigone, Line 437
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part II (1615), Book III, Ch. 35.
Xun Zi (-313–-238 BC) Ancient Chinese philosopher
Quoted in: Joan Klostermann-Ketels (2011) HumaniTrees, p. 96.