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小成靠友大成靠敌
I
agree that we need friends to get success, but I
don't agree that we need
enemies to get
huge success. The reasons can be listed as
follows. Friends have
a positive
influence on people's lives. It's friends who give
us courage, love and
support when we
are at a low tide. By contrast, enemies only set
barriers in our
ways to success and
make us suffer from painful losses. Imagine when
you are
in a cold weather, which one
would you embrace, a fire or cold water?
It's true that sometimes we are subdued
by our enemies, while sometimes
we are
defeated by ourselves. We easily become so proud
and arrogant after we
have
achieved
a
little
success
that
we
can't
accept
other's unflattering
advice;
pride and prejudices
have blinded our eyes
with ease.
At this time, the threat
from
an
enemy
may
possibly
keep
us
awake
from
the
laziness
and
self-
indulgence accompanied
success, and work harder to achieve the next
success.
In this sense, an enemy can be
said to contribute to our success a little bit.
But can an enemy bring us huge success?
Certainly not. A nation, as well
as a
person, gets huge success only from their hard
work, ingenious minds and
sometimes
the
help
of
chances.
Enemies
are
always
enemies.
They
may
stimulate you to work hard, but it's
unwise to expect an enemy to give you a
hand
when
hardship
arrives.
During
the
difficult
times
it's
your
friends
who
stand behind you and make strenuous
attempts to help you. Success is hard to
win,
and
huge
success
is
even
harder
to
secure.
We
can
safely
say
that
huge
success
can
only
come
with
your
continuous
efforts
and
generous
help
from
your
friends,
family
and
associates;
it
will
never
be
handed
to
you
from
an
enemy, unless he or she
purposely employs this as a strategy to confuse
you.
Besides, if you are strong enough
in character, enemies can evoke your anger to
fight
against
them
hardly.
But
if
your
mind
is
not
so
strongly
constituted,
powerful
enemies
will
destroy
you
effortlessly
and
utterly,
leaving
you
little
chance to bob
up like a cork again. The contest between you and
your enemies
is often ruthless. Imagine
you are in a battlefield now, do you believe that
you
enemies would make you win the
battle? Definitely not. In this sense, enemies
bring us not huge success, but
desperation and destruction.