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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.
Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but
his owne.
Wee commonly say of a prodigall man that hee is no man's foe but
his owne.
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.
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Our friends, the enemy.
[Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.
Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged.
Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work
Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work
I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.
I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.