
“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 118
Affurisms. From Josh Billings: His Sayings (1865)
“A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.”
As quoted in Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists (2007) by James Geary, p. 118
“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy”
Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 7 (p. 117)
“Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity.”
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 446-450.
Religious Wisdom
“Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.”
Source: Lyonesse Trilogy (1983-1989), The Green Pearl (1985), Chapter 8, section 3 (p. 480)
“If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.”
As quoted in Newsweek (17 October 1977)
“You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.”
Source: Last Sacrifice
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Women & men