Quote by Aesop

We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction.

We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction.

Summary

This quote suggests that sometimes, knowingly or unknowingly, we inadvertently provide opportunities or resources to our enemies that can be used against us. It highlights our vulnerability when we underestimate the potential harm that our actions may have. This shortcoming could be due to ignorance, negligence, or even compassion. It emphasizes the importance of being cautious, discerning, and strategic in our interactions to avoid unintentionally aiding those who may pose a threat to us.

Topics

War

By Aesop

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so i

I like being in movies that have a great story. I'm not so interested in being a Hollywood star. It's a job, you know. When you wake up at six in the morning every day for a week, it feels like hard work.

Kristen Stewart

Morning

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Good

Everyone has a dream.

Everyone has a dream.

Dream Everyone

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I wan

I want, by understanding myself, to understand others. I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Katherine Mansfield

Identity

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sw

I developed that for a long time. I also developed 'Sugar Sweet Science' at New Line and that didn't happen. That was a boxing movie. And between all that there were a couple of other things.

Science

Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so f

Example sheds a genial ray which men are apt to borrow, so first improve yourself today, and then your friends tomorrow.

Difficulty

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their hu

My observation is that women are merely waiting for their husbands to assume leadership.

Leadership

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guest

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.

Johannes Tauler

Love Gifts

Honestly, I have had to live like a high priestess in this s

Honestly, I have had to live like a high priestess in this show. It is a very, very lonely life. When you work the way I work - that means hard - there's no time for play.

Life Time Work Thetimes

Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three

Jake went in, aware that he had, for the first time in three weeks, opened a door without hoping madly to find another world on the other side. A bell jingled overhead. The mild, spicy smell of old books hit him, and the smell was somehow like coming home.

Books Bookstore Bookstores

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than no

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see: or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.

Alice Walker, In Search of Our M

Mother

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahe

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Technology