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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.
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
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
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.]
It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends,
for one of our friends will certainly become read more
It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends,
for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of
our enemies a friend.
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me