“When a sinister person means to be your enemy, they always start by trying to become your friend.”

— William Blake

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English Romantic poet and artist 1757–1827

Publilio Siro Latin writer

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Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

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“Keep your enemies close, but your friends closer. That way your friends are between you and your enemies.”

Jim C. Hines (1974) American writer

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“When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.”

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

“Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.”

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

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

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

Sara Shepard The Lying Game

Source: The Lying Game

“If you can't make yourself understood by your friends, you'll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

“To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.”

Sun Tzu (-543–-495 BC) ancient Chinese military general, strategist and philosopher from the Zhou Dynasty

This is sometimes attributed to Sun Tzu in combination with the above quote, as well as alone, but it too has not been sourced to any published translation of The Art of War, though it is similar in concept to his famous statement in Ch. 3 : "It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles..."
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