Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.

Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be bastards.

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in
his life when he has one too read more

Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in
his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy,
he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.

Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]

Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]

He has no enemy, you say;
My friend your boast is poor,
He who hath mingled in read more

He has no enemy, you say;
My friend your boast is poor,
He who hath mingled in the fray
Of duty that the brave endure
Must have made foes. If he has none
Small is the work that he has done.
He has hit no traitor on the hip;
Has cast no cup from perjured lip;
Has never turned the wrong to right;
Has been a coward in the fight.

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

What boots it at one gate to make defence,
And at another to let in the foe?

Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]

Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]

Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.