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Mistrust your best friend as if he were your worst enemy. — Mexican
Money is an enemy. — Japanese
Money makes friends enemies. — English
Much wealth brings many enemies. — African (Swahili)
Much power makes many enemies. — English
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Never trust much to a new friend or an old enemy. — Scottish
One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends are too few. — Italian
One man's enemy is another man's friend. — Ghanaian
Our eyes are our enemies. — Russian
Poverty is an enemy to good manners. — English
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Pride is the sworn enemy to content. — English
Rather let it hurt your stomach than give it away to enemies. — Lebanese
Rather have a little something for your friend than a great something for your enemy. — Italian
Repay your enemy with a favor. — Japanese
Save a man from his friends, and leave him to struggle with his enemies. — English
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Speak well of your friends; of your enemies neither well nor ill. — Italian
Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing. — English
Take heed of reconciled enemies. — English
The angry and the weak are their own enemies. — Russian
The surest way to make enemies is to have too many friends. — American
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The man of your own trade is your enemy. — Portuguese
The word of a friend makes you cry; the word of an enemy makes you laugh. — Cameroonian
The poor man's enemies are few, the rich man's friends are even fewer. — Yiddish
The enemy of a chief is he who has grown up with him from childhood. — African (Ashanti)
There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. — French
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