Friend Enemy Quotes

• The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Friendship, Best Friend, Clever

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• Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy

  Bob Marley

  Worst Enemy, Your Best Friend, Reggae

  Bob Marley (1982*). “Bob Marley & Other Sounds' Lyrics”

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• A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Friendship, Leadership

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• 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.

  Bias of Priene

  Differences, Enemy

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations V2: Drawn From The Speech And Literature Of All Nations, Ancient And Modern (1922)". Book by Kate Louise Roberts, 2010.

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• Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

  Mario Puzo

  Inspirational, Movie, Hollywood Films

  The Godfather: Part II (motion picture) (1974). Coauthored with Francis Ford Coppola.

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• Real friends stab you in the front.

  Jonathan Davis

  Friendship, Im Sorry, True Friend

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

  Benjamin Franklin

  Friendship, Long, History

  Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin (2005). “The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.109, Regnery Publishing

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• Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

  Albert Camus

  Love, Friendship, Happy

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• Friends come and go but enemies accumulate.

  Arthur Bloch

  Funny, Friendship, Humor

  Arthur Bloch (2003). “Murphy's Law: The 26th Anniversary Edition: The 26th Anniversary Edition”, p.84, Penguin

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• It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

  William Blake

  Friendship, Forgiveness, Depressing

  William Blake (2008). “The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake”, p.251, Univ of California Press

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• Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

  Sara Shepard

  Fake Friends, Fake People, Sleep

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• It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Friendship, Real, Enemy

  "What Will He Do With It?" Bk. III, Heading to Ch. XVII in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (p. 517), 1922.

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• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Positive, Forgiveness, Respect

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  If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

  Desmond Tutu

  Life, Friendship, Peace

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• Never take anything for granted.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thankful

  Benjamin Disraeli, (1992). “The Sayings of Disraeli”, p.25, Gerald Duckworth & Co

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• Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

  Oscar Wilde

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Oscar Wilde (1947). “The Happy Prince”, p.16, New Line Publishing

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• A strong foe is better than a weak friend.

  Edward Dahlberg

  Strong, Enemy, Weak

  Edward Dahlberg, Paul Vincent Carroll (1967). “The Edward Dahlberg Reader”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

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• Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Love, Friendship, Best Friend

  The Motto Book (1907)

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• 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

  Men, Feel Good, Enemy

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.107

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• A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Inspirational, Wise, Knowledge

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

  Gautama Buddha

  Motivational, Positive, Inspiring

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• Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.

  Mike Tyson

  Worst Enemy, Fire, House

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• The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Life, Friendship, True Friend

  Elbert Hubbard, Bert Hubbard (1923). “Selected writings of Elbert Hubbard: his mintage of wisdom, coined from a life of love, laughter and work”

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• It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Friendship, Wise

  Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). “Gandhi on Non-violence”, p.62, New Directions Publishing

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• One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.

  Jonathan Swift

  Hurt, Military, Enemy

  Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift (1768). “Letters Written By The Late Jonathan Swift, D. D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin; And Several Of His Friends: From The Year 1703 To 1740”, p.174

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