<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Enemies - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66104]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but yourself who are your greatest foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13857]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My nearest And dearest enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13858]]></link><description><![CDATA[My nearest And dearest enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859]]></link><description><![CDATA[What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13860]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and . . . you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but his owne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13837]]></link><description><![CDATA[His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's for else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has no enemy, you say; My friend your boast is poor,  He who hath mingled in the fray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13838]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13840]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13843]]></link><description><![CDATA[They love him, gentlemen, and they respect him, not only for himself, but for his character, for his integrity and judgment and iron will; but they love him most for the enemies he has made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man is his own greatest enemy, and as it were his own executioner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man is his own greatest enemy, and as it were his own executioner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13845]]></link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A weak Invention of the Enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13846]]></link><description><![CDATA[A weak Invention of the Enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. [Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. [Lat., Pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13849]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13852]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I were long friends; you are now my enemy, and I am yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13829]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enemies are so stimulating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enemies are so stimulating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13832]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13833]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13813]]></link><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks vengeance must dig two graves: one for his enemy and one for himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13815]]></link><description><![CDATA[You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13816]]></link><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flatterer is a secret enemy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flatterer is a secret enemy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13818]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your enemies in front of you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, now my good man, this is no time for making enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13824</guid></item></channel></rss>