I think a man cannot strive wholeheartedly with an enemy unless he have much in common with him, and as the strife goes on he gets liker. (John Buchan)

I think a man cannot strive wholeheartedly with an enemy unless he have much in common with him, and as the strife goes on he gets liker.

John Buchan

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