“A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults”
Source: The Godfather
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American Novelist 1920–1999Related quotes
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 128
General Quotes
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
Benjamin Franklin book Poor Richard's Almanack
Poor Richard's Almanack (1756); this has also been quoted in a paraphrased form used by Bill Clinton in [ 1998 address to Beijing University http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/122320.stm, as "Our critics are our friends, they show us our faults". <br class="br">Poor Richard's Almanack
“Your Worst Enemy Could Be Your Best Friend && Your Best Friend Your Worst Enemy”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
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Jim C. Hines (1974) American writer
Source: The Goblin Quest Series, Goblin Hero (2007), Chapter 7 (p. 117)
Attila (406–453) King of the Hunnic Empire
Turkish Wikipedia
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“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)
“You've got to take it on faith that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.”
Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice
Source: Last Sacrifice
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist