Enemies Quotes

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Absence is the enemy of love.~ Italian Proverb

A close friend can become a close enemy.~ Ethiopian Proverb

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.~ Aesop

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.~ Abraham Lincoln

A guilty conscience is a lively enemy.~ Indian Proverb

Always forgive your enemies – nothing annoys them so much.~ Oscar Wilde

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? ~ Abraham Lincoln

An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.~ Russian Proverb

An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.~ Senegalese Proverb

An old enemy never becomes a friend. ~ Greek Proverb

A powerful friend becomes a powerful enemy.~ Ethiopian Proverb

A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.~ Irish Proverb

A trade not properly learned is an enemy.~ Irish Proverb

A weapon is an enemy even to its owner.~ Turkish Proverb

Better a bite from a friend than a caress from an enemy.~ Danish Proverb

Better a slap from your friend than a kiss from your enemy.~ Dutch Proverb

Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.~ Lebanese Proverb

Beware, the enemy lies under your blanket.~ Indonesian Proverb

Beware of still water, a still dog, and a still enemy.~ Yiddish Proverb

Bribery is the enemy of justice.~ Swahili Proverb

Build a golden bridge for the fleeing enemy.~ French Proverb

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.~ Benjamin Franklin

Do not keep secret from your friend what your enemy already knows.~ Danish Proverb

Enemies are so stimulating.~ Katharine Hepburn

Feed your horse as a friend, mount him as an enemy.~ Croatian Proverb

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy

He who flatters me is my enemy, who blames me is my teacher.~ Chinese Proverb

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

He who has only one enemy, meets him everywhere.~ Iranian Proverb

If an enemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.~ Chinese Proverb

If your enemy is up to his waist in water, give him your hand; if the water reaches his shoulders, stand on his head.~ Spanish Proverb

If you would make an enemy, lend a man money, and ask for it back again.~ Portuguese Proverb

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.~ Buddha

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.~ Mark Twain

I would rather have a dog as a friend than an enemy.~ German Proverb

Keep your enemies in front of you.~ Chris Matthews

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.~ Benjamin Franklin

Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies ~ Charles D’Hericault

Many are brave when the enemy flees.~ Italian Proverb

Marriage is the only war in which you sleep with the enemy.~ Mexican Proverb

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.~ Napoleon Bonaparte

One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good.~ German Proverb

One enemy is too much, and a hundred friends are not enough.~ German Proverb

One good punch on your enemy’s nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders.~ Tibetan Proverb

Pass by your enemy hungry but never naked.~ Egyptian Proverb

Scratch a lover and find an enemy.~ German Proverb

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.~ Abraham Lincoln

The enemy never sleeps.~ French Proverb

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.~ Chinese Proverb

The ignorant is his own enemy.~ Palestinian Proverb

The looking glass is the enemy of ugly women.~ Romanian Proverb

The nearest I can make it out, “Love your Enemies” means, “Hate your Friends” ~ Benjamin Franklin

There are three kinds of enemy: the enemy himself, the friends of your enemy, and the enemies of your friends.~ Iranian Proverb

There is no little enemy.~ French Proverb

The weakness of an enemy forms part of our own strength.~ Traditional Proverb

Though your enemy is the size of an ant, look upon him as an elephant.~ Danish Proverb

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend ~ Enemies Quotes

Use your enemy’s hand to catch a snake.~ Persian Proverb

Wealth is both an enemy and a friend.~ Nepalese Proverb

When there is no enemy it is safe to fight.~ German Proverb

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.~ African Proverb

You and I were long friends : you are now my enemy, and I am yours.~ Benjamin Franklin

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.~ Eric Hoffer

You may find the worst enemy or best friend in yourself.~ English Proverb

You never really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks. ~ Eskimo Proverb

Your friend lends and your enemy asks for payment.~ Dutch Proverb

Your friend will swallow your mistakes, your enemy will present them on a plate.~ Arabian Proverb

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