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A thousand friends are few; one enemy is too many.
Russian Proverb
He who has only one enemy, meets him everywhere.
Persian Proverb
Any wise enemy is better than an ignorant friend.
Arabic Proverb
Ask advice of an ignorant man and he will think you are his enemy.
Arabic Proverb
Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.
English Proverb
The friend who helps me and the enemy who does me no harm, make a pair of earrings.
Armenian Proverb
An old enemy never becomes a friend.
Greek Proverb
There are three kinds of enemy: the enemy himself, the friends of your enemy, and the enemies of your friends.
Persian Proverb
It is a real compliment that comes from an enemy.
Persian Proverb
A flatterer is a secret enemy.
Hungarian Proverb
One enemy is too many; 100 friends are far too few.
Icelandic Proverb
The obliging fool is worse than an enemy.
Ukrainian Proverb
A person's worst enemy can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
Yiddish Proverb
Beware, the enemy lies under your blanket.
Indonesian Proverb
Best is the enemy of good.
Russian Proverb
The enemy you know is better than the one you do not know.
Kenyan Proverb
Better to have one thousand enemies outside the house than to have one single enemy inside it.
Lebanese Proverb
If the hare is your enemy, admit that he can run fast.
Bambara Proverb
Your friend chooses pebbles for you and your enemy counts your faults.
Egyptian Proverb
You know who your friend and your enemy are during difficult moments.
Algerian Proverb
A sensible enemy is better than a narrow-minded friend.
Algerian Proverb
He who has patience with his enemy, rewards himself.
Moroccan Proverb
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