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Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.
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.
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.
A flatterer is a secret enemy
A flatterer is a secret enemy
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Man is his own worst enemy.
[Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake
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
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we read more
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.