“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 118
“Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.”
Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)
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