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Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies
Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but
his owne.
Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but
his owne.
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
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
