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Keep your enemies in front of you
Keep your enemies in front of you
 Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the 
same time.
 [Lat., Pereant amici, dum una read more 
 Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the 
same time.
 [Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.] 
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
 Man is his own worst enemy.
 [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]  
 Man is his own worst enemy.
 [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.] 
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you read more
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you
 In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but 
the silence of our friends.  
 In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but 
the silence of our friends. 
 You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your 
king; and . . . you must read more 
 You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your 
king; and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. 
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, read more
I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!
The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make read more
The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence