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A flatterer is a secret enemy
A flatterer is a secret enemy
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is
enemy action.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is
enemy action.
My nearest
And dearest enemy.
My nearest
And dearest enemy.
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
A weak Invention of the Enemy.
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.]
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.]