"the 1998 Lewinsky scandal, in which US President Bill Clinton was discovered to have had a sexual relationship with a White House intern, the research took several years longer than she had initially planned. The book was finally released in 2006 by Doubleday and Three Leaves Press in hardback, paperback, and e-book editions. ""The Most Famous Man in America"" follows the life of 19th-century American minister Henry Ward Beecher. Its introduction describes Beecher's speech at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, at the close of the American Civil War; Beecher was personally invited to speak by President Abraham Lincoln, who commented, ""We"
"same person”. Frenemy ""Frenemy"" (less commonly spelled ""frienemy"") is an oxymoron and a portmanteau of ""friend"" and ""enemy"" that refers to ""a person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry"" or ""a person who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy"". The term is used to describe personal, geopolitical and commercial relationships both among individuals and groups or institutions. The word has appeared in print as early as 1953 in an article titled ""Howz about calling the Russians our Frienemies?"" by the American gossip columnist Walter Winchel in the ""Nevada State Journal"". A ""Businessweek"""
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend The enemy of my enemy is my friend is an ancient proverb which suggests that two opposing parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The earliest known expression of this concept is found in a Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, the ""Arthashastra"", which dates to around the 4th century BC, while the first recorded use of the current English version came in 1884. In his ""Arthashastra"": , ""The Source of Sovereign States"", Kautilya writes: The idea that ""the enemy of my enemy is my friend"" functioned in various guises as"
"Frenemy ""Frenemy"" (less commonly spelled ""frienemy"") is an oxymoron and a portmanteau of ""friend"" and ""enemy"" that refers to ""a person with whom one is friendly, despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry"" or ""a person who combines the characteristics of a friend and an enemy"". The term is used to describe personal, geopolitical and commercial relationships both among individuals and groups or institutions. The word has appeared in print as early as 1953 in an article titled ""Howz about calling the Russians our Frienemies?"" by the American gossip columnist Walter Winchel in the ""Nevada State Journal"". A ""Businessweek"" article stated"
"into book form. However, a few alternate strips were reprinted in ""Equal Time for Pogo"" and the 1982 collection, ""The Best of Pogo"". The quote ""We have met the enemy and he is us"" is a parody of a message sent in 1813 from U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry to Army General William Henry Harrison after his victory in the Battle of Lake Erie, stating, ""We have met the enemy, and they are ours."" It first appeared in a lengthier form in ""A Word to the Fore"", the foreword of the book ""The Pogo Papers"", first published in 1953."
"Hyde Park, New York. He is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. USS ""James K. Paulding"" (DD-238) was named in honor of Secretary of the Navy Paulding. Paulding's story, ""The Politician"" contains a maxim that is often attributed to Samuel Gompers: ""Reward your friends and punish your enemies."" The story appears in his collection, ""Tales of the Good Woman, by a Doubtful Gentleman."" The same basic idea (a definition of justice as doing good to friends and harm to enemies), appears in Plato's dialogue, the ""Republic"", where it is subsequently rejected as inadequate. James Kirke Paulding James Kirke"
"Socrates is a friend, truth is a greater friend""; and in another place: ""with Socrates concern yourself but little, but with truth much"". Isaac Newton opened his 1661 Cambridge student notebook with the slogan reading: ""Amicus Plato amicus Aristoteles magis amica veritas."" Miguel de Cervantes popularized the redirection to Plato in ""Don Quixote"", Part II, Chapter 51. Leonardo Tarán has traced the antecedents of Cervantes' adage in an eponymous 1984 paper. Logician Alfred Tarski excused his Platonism by amending the formula to ""Inimicus Plato sed magis inimica falsitas"" (""Plato is an enemy, but falsehood is a greater enemy""). In his"
"is an easy matter for their enemies to destroy them.” A similar sentiment was taken up in the collection illustrated by the English artist Francis Barlow in 1665, where the story is applied to state alliances. The lesson of holding fast to an alliance against the common foe was later repeated in a poem often reprinted during the American War of Independence, where there are 13 bulls in the field, the number of states in revolt. A much longer poem, praising friendship and describing how the fox brings division among the bulls through lies and flattery, accompanied the fable of"
"friend by the sight of the lyre on which he played (contiguity). But Aristotle is credited with originating associationist thinking based on this passage: The passage is obscure, but it indicates the principles known as contiguity, similarity, and contrast. Similar principles are stated by Zeno the Stoic, by Epicurus (see ""Diogenes Laertius"" vii. § 52, x. § 32), and by St Augustine of Hippo (""Confessions"", x. c. 19). Aristotle's doctrine was expanded and illustrated during throughout the Middle Ages, and in some cases even into the 17th century. William Hamilton listed philosophical authorities who gave prominence to the general fact"
"to be an idiomatic expression for ""true friendship."" Thus, Denis Diderot's short story, ""The Two Friends from Bourbonne"" (1770), begins ""There used to be two men here who might be called the Damon and Pythias of Bourbonne."" The canines Bummer and Lazarus were eulogized as ""the Damon and Pythias of San Francisco"" upon Bummer's death in 1865. In Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ""The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"", Henry Jekyll's two oldest friends, Dr. Lanyon and Mr. Utterson (a lawyer), have the following exchange while discussing Dr. Jekyll's apparent self-imposed isolation: ...said Utterson. “I thought you had"
"on a Sogdian mural. Having entered Central Asian folklore, the story was also told of local chieftains and associated with Genghis Khan. The moral drawn from the fable by Babrius was that ""Brotherly love is the greatest good in life and often lifts the humble higher"". In his emblem book ""Hecatomgraphie"" (1540), Gilles Corrozet reflected on it that if there can be friendship among strangers, it is even more of a necessity among family members. When the Neo-Latin poet Hieronymus Osius included the fable in his 1564 collection, he added consideration of the effects of disunion: ""Just as concord supplies"
"referencing Crowley. Another notable antecedent was put forth by the philosopher John Stuart Mill with his ""harm principle"" in the 19th century. ""Mill argues that the sole purpose of law should be to stop people from harming others and that should people want to participate in victimless crimes, crimes with no complaining witness, such as gambling, drug usage, engaging in prostitution, then they should not be encroached in doing so."" In addition, the first part of the phrase is strikingly similar to the Latin maxim primum non nocere (first do no harm). In 1974 a complete twenty-six line poem entitled"
"Matthew 5:45 Matthew 5:45 is the forty-fifth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, that on the commandment: ""Love thy neighbour as thyself"". Jesus here explains why one must love one's enemies. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibleRef Matthew 5:45 Barclay notes that Hebrew had relatively few adjectives, and referring to a person as"
"in George Bernard Shaw's 1912 play Androcles and the Lion immediately before the Christians face the lions as ""Hail, Caesar! those about to die salute thee"", with the Emperor responding ""Good morrow, friends"". As well as taking root in modern conceptions of Roman customs, the phrase has passed into contemporary culture, including use by air force pilots such as John Lerew (his biography is titled """"We Who Are About to Die""""), a World War II film entitled ""Morituri"", an episode of ""M*A*S*H"" entitled ""Peace on Us"", the french comic book ""Asterix conquers rome"" from 1976 and its animated predecessor titled"
"shall reward thee"". The Jewish Encyclopedia contends that the opinion that the Old Testament commanded hatred of the enemy derives from a misunderstanding of the Sermon on the Mount, wherein Jesus said: ""Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies and pray for them that persecute you"". The Jewish Encyclopedia also cites passages in the Talmud stating: ""If a man finds both a friend and an enemy requiring assistance he should assist his enemy first in order to subdue his evil inclination"", and:"
"than contradicting, the message of Plato's ""Phaedo"". The closest Latin prototype is found in Roger Bacon, ""Opus Majus"", Pars I, cap. v.Nam Plato dicit: ""Amicus est Socrates, magister meus, sed magis est amica veritas."" Et Aristotelis dicit se magis velle consentire veritati, quam amicitiae Platonis, doctoris nostri. Haec ex Vita Aristotelis et primo Ethicorum, et libro Secretorum manifesta sunt.For Plato says, ""Socrates, my master, is my friend but a greater friend is truth."" And Aristotle says that he prefers to be in accord with the truth, than with the friendship of our master, Plato. These things are clear from the"
"of the Golden rule: ""What is hateful to you, do not do unto others."" (Talmud, tracate Shabbat 31a; Midrash Avot de Rabbi Natan.) Rabbi Akiva, a 1st-century CE rabbi, states ""Whatever you hate to have done unto you, do not do to your neighbor; wherefore do not hurt him; do not speak ill of him; do not reveal his secrets to others; let his honor and his property be as dear to thee as thine own"" (Midrash ""Avot deRabbi Natan"".) Rabbi Akiva also declared the commandment ""thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"" (Lev. xix.18) to be the greatest fundamental"
"his war poetry, when he talks about the 'pity of war' but also the famous statement of Christ: ""This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."" (John 15: 12-13). He is contrasting the patriotic sentiments that the political leaders have been pushing when they ""bawl allegiance to the state"" and their sentiments of hating the enemy with the universal love of Christ. At a Calvary near the Ancre ""At a Calvary near the Ancre"" is a poem"
"ill. Matthew 5:45 Matthew 5:45 is the forty-fifth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, that on the commandment: ""Love thy neighbour as thyself"". Jesus here explains why one must love one's enemies. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibleRef Matthew 5:45 Barclay notes that Hebrew had relatively few adjectives, and referring to a person"
"Perfect is the enemy of good Perfect is the enemy of good, or more literally the best is the enemy of the good, is an aphorism which is commonly attributed to Voltaire, who quoted an Italian proverb in his ""Dictionnaire philosophique"" in 1770: """"Le meglio è l'inimico del bene"""". It subsequently appeared in his moral poem, """", which starts Aristotle, Confucius, and other classical philosophers propounded the principle of the golden mean which counsels against extremism in general. The Pareto principle or 80–20 rule explains this numerically. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full time to complete 80%"
"extended to all people; by loving one’s enemies one ceases to have enemies.” ""Light on the Gospels"". Page 39 “The saying of Jesus that one must love one’s enemies applies both to personal enemies (who may be one’s neighbors) as well as to members of hostile groups.” ""Old Testament Without Illusion"", page 254 “Love within one’s group or fellowship is merely a natural and universal human trait.” ""Jerome Biblical Commentary"", page 72 “The theory of the just war goes back to the efforts of the Christian community to reconcile itself to a practice, which it really knew (emphasis in the"
"possesses; in the same way the Law defines and defines but never arrives at the sum, which is love."" Loving the neighbor has a ""double danger."" The same with faith and hope. We not only wish that we could have love and peace but that our neighbor can have the same because its a free gift from God. He nicely summed up the idea he had in his 1847 book ""Works of Love"". Theology of Søren Kierkegaard Søren Kierkegaard's theology has been a major influence in the development of 20th century theology. Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was a 19th-century Danish philosopher"
"Enemy An enemy or a foe is an individual or a group that is verified as forcefully adverse or threatening. The concept of an enemy has been observed to be ""basic for both individuals and communities"". The term ""enemy"" serves the social function of designating a particular entity as a threat, thereby invoking an intense emotional response to that entity. The state of being or having an enemy is enmity, foehood or foeship. Enemy comes from the 9th century Latin word ""inimi"", derived from Latin for ""bad friend"" (). ""Enemy"" is a strong word, and ""emotions associated with the enemy"
"glen and bay, And in your name, oh Holy Dead, Our sacred debt to pay! </poem> Who Is Ireland's Enemy? Who Is Ireland's Enemy? is an Irish poem authored by Brian O'Higgins as part of the Irish nationalist response to the First World War and became popular during the conscription crisis of 1918. It first featured in ""Irish Freedom"" in September 1914, in an edition entitled ""Germany Is Not Ireland's Enemy""; that year the journal was suppressed by the British authorities. O'Higgins was a member of Sinn Féin (later a president of the party) and was opposed to Irishmen fighting"
"similar way. The moral given is that 'This is what happens to someone who competes with his superiors: he destroys himself before he can equal them.' The fable was a favourite in England and was put to popular use on 18th century china by the Fenton pottery and in the 19th century by the Wedgwood pottery. This was on its Aesop series of coloured plates, signed by Emile Lessore in the 1860s. Minton's pottery also used the fable on a series of Aesop tiles a little later. In France a biscuit porcelain figure group illustrating the fable was issued by"
"Matthew 5:47 Matthew 5:47 is the forty-seventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, that on the commandment: ""Love thy neighbour as thyself"". Jesus here gives another example of why one must love one's enemies. In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: The World English Bible translates the passage as: For a collection of other versions see BibleRef Matthew 5:47 This verse has the same basic structure and argument as the"
"novella ""Le Bal de Sceaux"", Honoré de Balzac has the King of France Louis XVIII adapt the phrase as: ""Amicus Plato, sed magis amica Natio"" (""Plato is my friend, but the French Nation is a closer friend""). Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas Amicus Plato, sed magis amica veritas is a Latin phrase, translating to ""Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend (literally: Plato is friend, but truth is more friend (to me than he is))."" The maxim is often attributed to Aristotle, as a paraphrase of the ""Nicomachean Ethics"" 1096a11–15. The closest Platonic reference is the"
"villainy of our enemies, which heretofore has gone unpunished. These have connived with each other, and form, so to speak, a perfidious inquisitorial lodge to persecute and rob us, without any cause, and for no other crime on our part than that of being of Mexican origin, considering us, doubtless, destitute of those gifts which they themselves do not possess. (...) Mexicans! Peace be with you! Good inhabitants of the State of Texas, look on them as brothers, and keep in mind that which the Holy Spirit saith: ""Thou shalt not be the friend of the passionate man; nor join"
"Amicus usque ad aras Amicus usque ad aras is a Latin phrase meaning ""a friend as far as to the altars,"" ""a friend whose only higher allegiance is to religion,"" a friend to the very end."" The plural of amicus is amici leading to a separate usage of amici usque ad aras. A song of the same name dates to the defunct Yale University greek organization Phi Theta Psi in 1864. The tune used comes from the traditional song Annie Lisle. Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's song ""Amici"" includes the phrase ""amici usque ad aras"" and appears to be based on"
"who is impartial toward all. He says: 'Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor. Thy neighbor is like thy brother, and thy brother is like thy neighbor.'"" Likewise in xxviii.: ""Thou shalt love the Lord thy God""; that is, thou shalt make the name of God beloved to the creatures by a righteous conduct toward Gentiles as well as Jews (compare Sifre, Deut. 32). Aaron b. Abraham ibn Ḥayyim of the sixteenth century, in his commentary to Sifre, l.c.; Ḥayyim Vital, the cabalist, in his ""Sha'are Ḳedushah,"" i. 5; and Moses Ḥagis of the eighteenth century, in his work on the"
"attack. Every person develops a persona, and that persona persists because inconsistencies in one's personal narrative get rewritten, redacted, and misinterpreted. Benjamin Franklin, after whom the effect is named, quoted what he described as an ""old maxim"" in his autobiography: ""He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."" In his autobiography, Franklin explains how he dealt with the animosity of a rival legislator when he served in the Pennsylvania legislature in the 18th century: The initial study of the effect was done by Jecker and"
"follows you until the end. The statement that ""Dog is man's best friend"" was first recorded as being made by Frederick, King of Prussia (1740-1786). Frederick referred to one of his Italian Greyhounds as his best friend. The earliest citation in the U.S. is traced to a poem printed in ""The New-York Literary Journal, Volume 4"", 1821: In 1870 Warrensburg, Missouri, George Graham Vest represented a farmer suing for damages after his dog, Old Drum, had been shot and killed. Vest’s closing speech included this quote, “The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world,"
"to that emotion."" Wolfgang Palaver adds Alexis de Tocqueville to the list. ""Two hundred years after Hobbes, the French historian Alexis de Tocqueville mentioned the dangers coming along with equality, too. Like Hobbes, he refers to the increase of mimetic desire coming along with equality."" Palaver has in mind passages like this one, from Tocqueville's ""Democracy in America"": ""They have swept away the privileges of some of their fellow creatures which stood in their way, but they have opened the door to universal competition; the barrier has changed its shape rather than its position."" Maurizio Meloni highlights the similarities between"