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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
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
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.
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
Hear not ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.
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.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is
enemy action.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is
enemy action.
