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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.
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
None but yourself who are your greatest foe.
Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one read more
Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend
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.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am
yours.
You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am
yours.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
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.]