“Even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he wins.”
161
The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989)
“It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.”
Vol. I; CCLXXXVI
Lacon (1820)
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Fas est et ab hoste doceri.
Book IV, 428
Variant translations:
It is right to learn, even from the enemy.
Right it is to be taught even by the enemy.
It is right to be taught even by an enemy.
We can learn even from our enemies.
Metamorphoses (Transformations)