Enemies Quotes

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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